Chris Robinson
Chris Robinson
American singer, guitarist, and frontman of The Black Crowes, the group known for hits like "Hard to Handle."
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth20 December 1966
CityMarietta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm interested in authentic experience and the essence of that creative place, and where those myths begin and where they become real on any level.
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With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.
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The counterculture has nothing to do with Dolce & Gabbana having a 'Hippy Summer' or something. Street kids, and kids who want to live in any sort of counter-cultural experience other than what's being presented by the mainstream media or political climate, or 'normal' cultural climate, are never going to look like that.
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We feel that we've offered the right solution. Our company has been in business since 1835, and we realize it's important how we deal with these issues.
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Our business is expanding rapidly and this additional space will give us the space we need to properly serve our hotel customers throughout the southern United States.
What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works.
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Now as a musician, if you have it within you, you can create your own reality. Believe me, it's a novelty.
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No matter what, I'm always interested in making music.
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I'm the weirdo. There have been multitudes of times in my career where I could have taken an easier road or a more commercial path, and I've been just like, that's not gonna make me happy.
Singing isn't always about being on key; it's about emotionality.
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Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.
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There's 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.
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I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet.
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Since the early Nineties it's been very fashionable to say, 'It's all about the music.'