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Robbie Robertson

Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC (born July 5, 1943), is a Canadian musician, songwriter, film composer, producer, actor, and author.

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Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.

Generations, Lost, Prayer, Reality, Say

I don't believe it's all for nothing. It's not just written in the sand.

Believe, Don'T Believe, Nothing, Sand

People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy.

Cloudy, Dark, People, Periods, Talk, Things

Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'

People, Thinking, Year, Years

I wanted to develop a guitar style where phrases and lines get there just in the nick of time, like with Curtis Mayfield and Steve Cropper. Subtleties mean so much, and there is a stunning beauty in them.

Beauty, Guitar, Like, Mayfield, Mean, Style

I don't like overt traditionalism.

Like, Overt, Traditionalism

I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry.

Actually, Cry, Events, Made, Somebody

Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.

Give, Giving, Inspirational, Strength, Tomorrow

I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make records, produce records, make movies, or I can do nothing. I'm not a slave to the dollar.

Dollars, Found, Lucky, Movies, Nothing, Records

Once you establish a foundation of knowing what the greatest recording artists of all time were Wouldn't you want your kids to know this stuff?

Artist, Foundation, Kids, Knowing, Time

Music should never be harmless.

Harmless, Jazz, Music, Musical

I think the world of Chuck Berry.

Berries, Berry, Chuck, Think, Thinking, World

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

Artist, Bob, Dylan, Influential

You never know what could be interesting tomorrow.

Interesting, Know, Knows, Tomorrow

By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll.

Ontario, Play, Rock, Rocks

There's a bookstore in New York where you could buy scripts, and I got addicted to them because they were easy, quick reads and the pictures were so vivid.

Bookstores, New York, Quick, Reads, Vivid

Most of my younger Native American friends are not in any way looking for sympathy, and they're not looking to lay guilt on anybody. They have their dignity, and they do what they do.

Dignity, Guilt, Native American, Sympathy, Way

Working on 'The Last Waltz' introduced me to Martin Scorsese, and I had been a movie bug since I was a young kid.

Bugs, Introduced, Kids, Lasts, Movie, Working

I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be.

Great Music, Made, Music, Think, Thinking

There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity.

Healthy, People, Speaking Up, Unity, Young

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