Robin Trower Quotes & Sayings

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 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

The States still has the best audiences by far. — Robin Trower

My energy flagged because of heavy cold but the guys took up the slack. — Robin Trower

I don't tend to stand still for very long. — Robin Trower

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

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

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

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

The BBC, during its 24 hours on the air, plays a very wide range of stuff. And it's not commercial. — 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

When I was a little kid, I was very impressed with Elvis. — Robin Trower

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

If all you've got is somebody else's stuff that you've lifted, nothing really deep, then it is going to thin out. — Robin Trower

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

If you feel people getting on about what you are doing, it gives you a lift. — Robin Trower

It gives me a good feeling to know that people out there really care. — Robin Trower

I remember the snow in Canada and the lovely weather in New Zealand. And I slightly remember going to school there. — Robin Trower

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

Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from. — Robin Trower

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

If you want to do rock and roll, forget about those who've come after '65. — Robin Trower

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

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

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

I can't imagine ever going back to working with somebody else. — Robin Trower

A certain death of an artist is overconfidence. — Robin Trower

During my early period I had custom-made overdrive stuff because I didn't like what they were making at the time. — Robin Trower

I've got very strong hands from playing for many years. — Robin Trower

People often say very, very nice, complimentary things. But I think it's better if you don't take that too much to heart. — Robin Trower

I didn't sit down and work out other people's material; I've never believed in that. — Robin Trower

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

There are no plans to do any more live stuff. I really feel like there's enough live shows out there. — Robin Trower

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

There's more power in the simpler things, I think. — Robin Trower

To me there's a definite way of doing a song. If I didn't think that, I wouldn't have done it that way in the first place. — Robin Trower

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

I will obviously take on board everything from my past, I always do. — Robin Trower

It's great to have something you can be proud of. — Robin Trower

Once I've settled on something I'll stay with that at least throughout the whole tour. — Robin Trower

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

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

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

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

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

The guitar part is the pivot of everything we do, so if you change the guitar part you no longer have what it is. — Robin Trower

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

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

When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward. — Robin Trower

I use a combination of all my influences on my albums. — Robin Trower

Once you start copying other people's licks, you begin thinking they're yours. Doing that's just an easy way out. — Robin Trower

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

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