Chris Robinson Quotes

Celebrity... that's part of a machine that you have to bow down to. You sort of have to lie down with the dogs in that sense in terms of corporate entities and that's nothing I'm really interested in. 
Chris Robinson 

I could care less about marijuana laws. I have no desire at all to rally behind something like people that want to smoke herb. We all know the reasons why it's illegal and I don't think that any government in charge is going to change that, not in America. 
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I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial. 
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I don't think that people who write about music are purists anyway. 
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I like the way we're doing it. I'm not really concerned so much with ticket sales right now. I wanna have my time now to experiment. I've got this band together and I couldn't be happier. 
Chris Robinson 

I want to stay away from making a record and touring and making a record and touring. I want to live my life the way I want to live it. Tour when I want, and make records when I want. And if people dig it, cool. 
Chris Robinson 

I was happy that the Black Crowes managed for as long as we did to have a career. There were a lot of bands that came and went-and many more bands who came and went and didn't even go out their own way. They went out trying to be something they're not. 
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If I made the record with American musicians, it would have been more Americana, definitely. Making it with English musicians brings in an entirely different aesthetic. 
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Our live band is definitely more energetic than the record. It's really electric and we can take it in so many directions. I couldn't be happier with the people I'm playing with. 
Chris Robinson 

People buy what they are told to buy at a certain level, especially since about 1973 onwards when people realized how much money there is to be made. It all becomes a big equation. A plus B equals C. I'm not interested in any of that. 
Chris Robinson 

People want to buy music and take it home and be a part of it and connect with artists and feel a part of something. 
Chris Robinson 

Starting over with a new band, new management and this whole bunch of songs with a new direction, in a sense, I didn't really want to be in New York or L.A. 
Chris Robinson 

To move into a new phase of my music and career, I definitely wanted something that was understated for my first foray. I wanted something that was intimate. I definitely think that's a side of me. 
Chris Robinson 

We definitely plan our lives around each other's schedules. That's why we got married. 
Chris Robinson 

What my wife does is much different than what I do, but she also conducts her life and makes her decisions based on her soul. If people take our picture when we're walking down the street, some people see a movie star and a rock star. I don't look at things like that. 
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When you break it down to a man and a woman and when your wife is in a car by herself and two cars are following her, that's scary. 
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Why limit yourself? You never know how you're going to feel and it all really dictates to the audience. If the audience wants to go to these places with you, that's the thing that takes you. 
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