Robbie Robertson Quotes

The early Bob Dylan was compulsively drawn to the conflict between stability and the search for immortality.

As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.

Bob Dylan is the Jew of all time.

I loved working with Bob Dylan.

I think the first older artist I related to and loved was Bowie.

Bob Dylan - I will listen to any of his songs over and over.

Tom Waits is someone who has really struck me, ever since I was a kid. He's really a big deal for me.

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

I think I'm the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans.

When I think of artists that I would have loved to work with, it's Jimi Hendrix. And Steve McQueen. He's not a rock star, but he's kind of a rock star to me.

You know, Leonard Cohen is amazing, just a mastermind, and really one of the great geniuses of our time.

Bob Dylan's not a hype and a haircut: he's the real thing.

If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.

The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.

I love Bob Dylan. Who doesn't? He tapped into some kind of vein and it keeps on keeping on. There's nobody like him. He's unique, and just... way out cool.

Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.

Bob Dylan was the source of pop music's unpredictability in the Sixties. Never as big a record-seller as commonly imagined, his importance was first aesthetic and social, and then as an influence.

Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.

Frank Ocean is our modern-day Marvin Gaye. In our house, we have nothing but respect for him.

I'm pretty obsessed with Sara Bareilles. She is so talented, and I feel like I would learn so much from her.

Definitely I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, and I think she is a wonderful writer, so she is probably part of me.

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.

That's who I wanted to be like was Bob Dylan.

I always love listening to Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my favorite albums.

I thought he was the greatest thing. Bob Dylan.