I asked Bob Dylan to paint the album cover for 'Music from Big Pink.' He said, 'Yeah, let me see what I can come up with.'
Robbie Robertson
Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list.
My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing when I lit up was boogie-woogie or something... →
I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry.
I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be.
Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music.
Music should never be harmless.
Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'
The native music of North America, the original-roots music of this country, is also the underworld music of this country.
Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got into music. That Louis Jordan changed everything... →