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
Whats different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. Its all part of the suffocating spin cycle were in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base. – John Avlon