"We always seemed to get a whole lot more done when we didn't have a lot of company around. We were more productive. A…"

"[To the audience as he's coming out for an encore after a lengthy night of playing] You're still there, huh?"

"The Band had been together for 16 years together on the road. We played eight years in bars, dives and dancehalls, ei…"

"Winterland was the first place The Band played as The Band. Some friends showed up and helped us take it home."

"[Talking about getting a job playing with Ronnie Hawkins] He called me up, and I said, "Sure I'd like a job. What doe…"

"The music took us to some strange places ... physically, spiritually, psychotically. It just wasn't always on stage."

"We started out with The Crackers. Tried to call ourselves The Honkies. Everybody sort of backed off. It was too strai…"

"I just want to break even."

"There is the view that jazz is evil because it comes from evil people, but the greatest priests on 52nd Street and on…"

"Happy Thanksgiving!"