The way we’re going about things and what we want to do, we feel it has to be a really pure essence of music. That’s where you get the most out of it. Chris Robinson Read Quote
There’s the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic. Chris Robinson Read Quote
I’m the weirdo. There have been multitudes of times in my career where I could have taken an easier road or a more commercial path, and I’ve been just like, that’s not gonna make me happy. Chris Robinson Read Quote
Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something – I don’t do that. Chris Robinson Read Quote
If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would’ve said, ‘That’s not how it works.’ But nothing can be more gratifying. I’m a very hands-on dad. Chris Robinson Read Quote
Since the early Nineties it’s been very fashionable to say, ‘It’s all about the music.’ Chris Robinson Read Quote
Right now, I’ve never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we’re all on the same page about culture, music and life. Chris Robinson Read Quote
My music is how I feel, and that’s changed from being twenty years old to being forty-three years old. Chris Robinson Read Quote
Now as a musician, if you have it within you, you can create your own reality. Believe me, it’s a novelty. Chris Robinson Read Quote