American - Musician | December 20, 1966 -
Since the early Nineties it's been very fashionable to say, 'It's all about the music.'
Chris Robinson
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When I think about the real pioneers of the psychedelic movement in a musical sense, not just the culture, everything had a handmade sort of vibe to it. We're inventing our culture as we move along into this.
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Part of getting older is realizing that you can integrate all these different areas of your life, rather than the adolescent mindset, which for me lasted a long time, which says, 'It's all or nothing.'
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With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.
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I like unkempt; I don't mind if I have holes in my jacket or whatever. I think people should look more the way they feel.
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Musicians playing together, it's a conversation, and ideally I want our conversation to be really intriguing and interesting and beautiful.
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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.
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I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing.
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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 make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet.
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I'm not interested in a persona.
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I'm interested in authentic experience and the essence of that creative place, and where those myths begin and where they become real on any level.
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