Chris Robinson

**Theo Von** (0:00)
Hey, everybody, it's Theo Von here, and I got a question. When it comes to soda, are you really picking a zero sugar cola that you actually prefer, or are you just settling for what you've always had? That's the question. And I'll say this, when it comes to taste, I find that nothing beats Pepsi Zero Sugar. But you don't just have to take my word for it. That would be ridiculous. Pepsi has been doing blind taste tests for years. No labels, no brand names, just taste. And last year, they brought back the Pepsi Challenge, and the results were clear. 66% of people agreed and said that Pepsi Zero Sugar tastes better than Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. In fact, Pepsi Zero Sugar won in every market they tested. So if you're grabbing a Zero Sugar soda, go with the one people keep choosing when taste is the only thing that matters. Go out and try Pepsi Zero Sugar today. Let your taste decide. Florida, baby! I'll be in Jacksonville this week. We've got shows Friday and Saturday. That's March 13th and 14th. One on Friday and two on Saturday evening. A few tickets are still available at theovon.com/t-o-u-r.
Practicing, preparing for my Netflix special. So grateful to be down there in the great state of Florida. Today's guest is a musician. He's a founder of the legendary rock band The Black Crowes. He has a new album called A Pound of Feathers that comes out March 13th. I cannot even believe. Today's guest is Mr. Chris Robinson.

**Chris Robinson** (1:59)
And I like, I don't mind being decrepit a little bit. You know what I mean? Like, I've never...

**Theo Von** (2:04)
It's kind of artsy. It's a little bit Tim Burton-esque.

**Chris Robinson** (2:06)
Well, I'm kind of proud that I've, that I've survived 59 winters. Yeah. You know what I mean?

**Theo Von** (2:15)
Yeah. Oh, I can imagine with your life, I bet. Did you feel like when you were young, like, I'm never gonna live long, and then as you've grown, you're like, fuck, I guess I'm...

**Chris Robinson** (2:26)
I don't, you know what?
It's so funny because I'm not afraid of the theme at all. And of course, I never really, I mean, no, I didn't really, I've never really thought about it. I adhere to, do you know the French artist Jean Cocteau? Do you know who he was? He's very, have you ever seen the original movie Beauty and the Beast?

**Theo Von** (2:48)
Yeah.

**Chris Robinson** (2:49)
The black and white one with the hands. He directed that film. He was a French artist, intellectual.

**Theo Von** (2:56)
Jean Cocteau.

**Chris Robinson** (2:57)
A very important figure in the 20th century in art. And I subscribed to something that he said, and he said, living is a horizontal fall.
When I read that about 35, 36 years ago, I was like, that's it. I mean, what else do you need to know? I mean, it was like perfect, philosophic.

**Theo Von** (3:22)
Yeah, that's a line. Sometimes I get so jealous when you hear somebody that said something or that wrote something, you know, not jealous, but also, I guess I used to get more jealous. Now I think I just get grateful that I got to hear it or read it.

**Chris Robinson** (3:32)
Of course, of course. That's what it's all about. I mean, there's a million things to inspire, you know? And I think it's really sad if you get to a point, and it could be anything, just whatever. I have a lot of varied interests, you know what I mean? So I'm constantly interested in stuff, and the world is just information, you know what I mean? Because I'm dyslexic as well, I just process it in a different way, but that's why I have been in a fucking rock band my whole life. That's what...

**Theo Von** (4:09)
It'll lead you there, you're saying?

**Chris Robinson** (4:10)
Yeah, yeah.

**Theo Von** (4:11)
Oh yeah, if your brain is frickin doing donuts or whatever.

**Chris Robinson** (4:14)
Every artist I know, yeah, it's like, that's why we found our way to this, and the success part or whatever, that kind of aspect of it is just whatever. You know what I mean? That's what either happens or doesn't happen.

**Theo Von** (4:29)
Yeah, I read somewhere that you have like a, I don't know if it's a fascination, but about the first line of a song, or like even whenever you mention that thing about Mr. Cocteau, it made me think about that, like how the first line is so important.

**Chris Robinson** (4:44)
Yeah, it's funny that you, I did say that. I've said that because, you know, lyrics are the, the writing songs was the first thing I thought I could do. Do you know what I mean? So I was like, that's what I was into.