"I took music from my heritage. If I wanna make a Robbie Robertson record, I can use
whatever tool of today. If I do it well, this is about people using instruments well. If I use
some modern technologies, and did it sh---y, then it's a
contradiction. But if I make it well,
and make the two worlds melt together, its sound is [as] natural as any music I've ever
done in my life. I'm doing what I did on [the Band's] Music from Big Pink. I am
taking musicality from here, from there. I'm doing what I did with Bob Dylan. People said,
when I worked with him, 'You can't mix electric music with folk music.' " -- Robbie
Robertson, on his latest recording projects
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