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Robin Trower [1945-0] English
Rank: 104
Musician, Guitarist


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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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.
102
When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.
103
It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.
104
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.
105
I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.
106
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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I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.
109
I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there. Christmas
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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 feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.
112
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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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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When I was a little kid, I was very impressed with Elvis.
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The States still has the best audiences by far.
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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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Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.
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My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.
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Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.
120
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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I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.
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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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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 feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.
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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 didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.
201
I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.
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A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.
203
A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.
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