Robin Trower quotes

Robin Trower quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.”
-- Robin Trower

#Kings Quotes #Real Quotes #Three Quotes
“My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.”
-- Robin Trower

#Song Quotes
“I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.”
-- Robin Trower

#Thinking Quotes #Done Quotes #Proud Quotes
“When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.”
-- Robin Trower

#Moving Quotes #Believe Quotes #Special Quotes
“I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.”
-- Robin Trower

#Feels Quotes #Guitarist Quotes
“Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.”
-- Robin Trower

#Radio Quotes
“While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.”
-- Robin Trower

#Guitar Quotes
“I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.”
-- Robin Trower

#Thinking Quotes #Technique Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes
“It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.”
-- Robin Trower

#Guitar Quotes #Woods Quotes #Different Quotes
“The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.”
-- Robin Trower

#Born Quotes #Music Is Quotes #Ability Quotes
“I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.”
-- Robin Trower

#People Quotes #Genes Quotes #Jerry Quotes
“It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.”
-- Robin Trower

#Running Quotes #Play Quotes #Feelings Quotes
“Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.”
-- Robin Trower

#Ability Quotes
“I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.”
-- Robin Trower

#Thinking Quotes #Mail Quotes #Fans Quotes
“If I could sing, I wouldnt be a guitarist.”
-- Robin Trower

#Guitarist Quotes
“I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.”
-- Robin Trower

#Hands Quotes #Notes Quotes
“It was an experience being on a Beatles tour. They weren't very good. The singing was great, but the playing was a bit weak.”
-- Robin Trower

#Singing Quotes #Weak Quotes #Very Good Quotes
“A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.”
-- Robin Trower

#Artist Quotes #Certain Death Quotes #Certain Quotes
“A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.”
-- Robin Trower

#Guitar Quotes #Important Quotes #Scream Quotes
“I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.”
-- Robin Trower

#Player Quotes #Guitar Quotes #Today Quotes
“I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.”
-- Robin Trower

#Guitar Quotes #Want Quotes #Instruments Quotes
“I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.”
-- Robin Trower

#Firsts Quotes #Albums Quotes #Feels Quotes
“I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.”
-- Robin Trower

#Blessed Quotes #Creativity Quotes #Able Quotes
“I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.”
-- Robin Trower

#Play Quotes #People Quotes #Feelings Quotes
“I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.”
-- Robin Trower

#Track Quotes #Albums Quotes #Flaws Quotes
“I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.”
-- Robin Trower

#Night Quotes #Two Quotes #Sideways Quotes
“I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.”
-- Robin Trower

#Christmas Quotes #Guitar Quotes #Christmas Present Quotes

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