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My mother was a Mohawk, born and raised on a reservation, and when I was a kid, she would take me there to visit her relatives.

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The native music of North America, the original-roots music of this country, is also the underworld music of this country.

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Sixteen years on the road is long enough. Twenty years is unthinkable.

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Some bands today have the experience of really working together and honing their craft. And other bands are very much like, 'I just got a guitar for Christmas, let's start a band.' And you can hear the difference.

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I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music... the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto.

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It's easy to be a genius in your twenties. In your forties, it's difficult.

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When I was younger, I thought I was too young to really be personal. I thought that what I was feeling and thinking might be half-baked.

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Do you know what a skin walker is? It's a thing in Indian mythology. There are certain people born with this gift, and they're able to actually get inside you and mess with your feelings and with your mind. And if a skin walker chooses to get a hold of you, there's not much you can do.

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I always like to keep one hand in the tepee and the other hand in the synagogue. Wouldn't it be great if there was a combination of the two? You could go to synagogue, and it would be really hot in there.

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People think I left The Band and spoiled this whole thing, and that's not what happened. Nobody broke up The Band. Nobody ever said, 'That's it, we're done.'

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: July 5th, 1943

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