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Music should never be harmless.
Time is not kind to everything.
I think the world of Chuck Berry.
I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall.
Everybody grows in their own way.
I don't like overt traditionalism.
Boy, do I got some stories to tell.
You fog the mind, you stir the soul.
Record making is an extraordinary experience.
To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard.
You never know what could be interesting tomorrow.
I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling.
Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll.
Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through.
Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.
It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country.
Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.
There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity.
In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me.
Sixteen years on the road is long enough. Twenty years is unthinkable.
I don't believe it's all for nothing. It's not just written in the sand.
I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie.
I admire those old road dogs, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan. That's their life.
It's easy to be a genius in your twenties. In your forties, it's difficult.
In a lot of groups, you can change a musician, and it doesn't mean anything.
Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country.
Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.
When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old.
I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp.
My mother is extraordinary. She understood me and never tried to hold me back.
Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music.
I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.
I could never be a movie star and get up at 7:30 to be at someone else's studio.
There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing.
I don't want to be one of those people saying, 'Remember when things were better?'
The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is... that's the coolest thing ever.
I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be.
You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.
People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy.
I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry.
By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll.
That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me.
Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'
I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level.
I do not have yearnings to get back on a bus. If it means getting on a bus, I don't want to do it.
One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band.
We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.
If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes.
It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet.
The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.