Robin Trower 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, Why, Creativity

It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.
Robin Trower

Down, Different, Guitar

The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.
Robin Trower

Music, Learn, Gift

A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.
Robin Trower

A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.
Robin Trower

Love, Important, Guitar

I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.
Robin Trower

Today, Guitar, Players

I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.
Robin Trower

Guitar, Instrument, Attached

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

Favorite, Flaws, Album

I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.
Robin Trower

Best, Playing, Album

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

Feeling, Down, Play

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, Down, Through

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.
Robin Trower

Christmas, Guitar, Present

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

I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.
Robin Trower

Why, Short, Hands

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

Read, Seriously, Sensible

I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.
Robin Trower

Technique, Vibrato

I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
Robin Trower

Jerry, Carl, Elvis

I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.
Robin Trower

Live, True, Blues

I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.
Robin Trower

Big, Influence, Stuff

If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist.
Robin Trower

Sing, Guitarist

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

Good, Great, Experience

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

Feeling, Single, Play

Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.
Robin Trower

Music, Nothing, Ability

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.
Robin Trower

Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.
Robin Trower

Business, Radio, Commercial

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Nationality: English

Born: March 9, 1945

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