Robin Trower
I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.Collection: Christmas
I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.
The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.
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.
A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.
I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.
I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.
While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.
When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.
When I was a little kid, I was very impressed with Elvis.
The States still has the best audiences by far.
The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.
Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.
My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.
Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.
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.
It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.
If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist.
I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.
I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.
I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.
I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.
I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.
I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.
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 feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.
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.
A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.
There's more power in the simpler things, I think.Collection: Thinking
If I could sing, I wouldnt be a guitarist.Collection: Guitar
Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from.Collection: Player
It's great to have something you can be proud of.Collection: Proud
People often say very, very nice, complimentary things. But I think it's better if you don't take that too much to heart.Collection: Nice
Once you start copying other people's licks, you begin thinking they're yours. Doing that's just an easy way out.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Song
The BBC, during its 24 hours on the air, plays a very wide range of stuff. And it's not commercial.Collection: Air
If all you've got is somebody else's stuff that you've lifted, nothing really deep, then it is going to thin out.Collection: Stuff
I've got very strong hands from playing for many years.Collection: Strong
Once I've settled on something I'll stay with that at least throughout the whole tour.Collection: Whole
It gives me a good feeling to know that people out there really care.Collection: People
The guitar part is the pivot of everything we do, so if you change the guitar part you no longer have what it is.Collection: Guitar
There are no plans to do any more live stuff. I really feel like there's enough live shows out there.Collection: Stuff
I will obviously take on board everything from my past, I always do.Collection: Past
I use a combination of all my influences on my albums.Collection: Albums
I remember the snow in Canada and the lovely weather in New Zealand. And I slightly remember going to school there.Collection: School
During my early period I had custom-made overdrive stuff because I didn't like what they were making at the time.Collection: Stuff
I can't imagine ever going back to working with somebody else.Collection: Back To Work
I didn't sit down and work out other people's material; I've never believed in that.Collection: People