Theres 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
If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I wouldve said, Thats not how it works. But nothing can be more gratifying. Im a very hands-on dad. – Chris Robinson
Life is different than it was in the Nineties. Im a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist. – Chris Robinson
Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because its shameful, or, in some circumstances, dangerous. The fear response is automatic, though, and your body runs through its reflexes whether you want it to or not. – Sebastian Junger