Best 40 quotes of Robin Trower on MyQuotes

A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.

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

If I could sing, I wouldnt be a guitarist.

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

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

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.

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

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.

I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

I use a combination of all my influences on my albums.

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

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

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

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

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

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.