Quotes by Robin Trower

About Robin Trower:

Robin Leonard Trower is an English rock guitarist and vocalist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio.
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The States still has the best audiences by far.

Robin Trower

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

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

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

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

Robin Trower

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

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

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

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

Robin Trower

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.

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

Robin Trower

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

Robin Trower

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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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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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

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 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 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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Author Bio

  • NameRobin Trower
  • DescriptionEnglish rock guitarist
  • BornMarch 9, 1945
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionGuitarist