Robin Trower quotes
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“The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.”
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“My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.”
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“I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.”
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“When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.”
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“I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.”
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“Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.”
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“While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.”
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“I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.”
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“It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.”
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“The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.”
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“I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.”
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“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.”
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“Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.”
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“I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.”
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“If I could sing, I wouldnt be a guitarist.”
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“I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.”
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“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.”
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“A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.”
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“A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.”
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“I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.”
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“I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.”
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“I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.”
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“I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.”
-- Robin Trower
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