When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.
- Robin Trower
Going, Move, Start Believing, Move Forward
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
Night, Go, Through, Mediums
I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.
- Robin Trower
Think, I Think, Read, Sensible
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
Play, Been, Note, Runs
I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.
- Robin Trower
Big, Always, Very, Big Influence
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
Studio, While, Onstage, Only Time
It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.
- Robin Trower
Down, Different, Density, Wood
I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.
- Robin Trower
Today, Influenced, Players, Guitar Players
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
Me, Album, Tend, Flaws
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
Play, Go, Rather, Up And Down
I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
- Robin Trower
Like, Very, Gene, Lewis
If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist.
- Robin Trower
Sing, Could, Guitarist, If I Could
I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.
- Robin Trower
Myself, True, Count, Guitarist
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
King, Real, Began, Real Thing
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
Gift, Going, Been, Composition
My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.
- Robin Trower
More, Songs, Than, Arrangements
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
Singing, Very, Were, Tour
When I was a little kid, I was very impressed with Elvis.
- Robin Trower
Kid, Very, Little Kid, Elvis
I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.
- Robin Trower
Want, Irreplaceable, Get, Attached
I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.
- Robin Trower
Hands, Always, Notes, Bend
A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.
- Robin Trower
Love, Important, I Love, Scream
The States still has the best audiences by far.
- Robin Trower
Best, Still, Far, Audiences
Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.
- Robin Trower
Business, Radio, Commercial
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
Think, Some, Very, Some Things
Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.
- Robin Trower
Music, Nothing, Your, Technical
I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.
- Robin Trower
Think, I Think, Part, Technique
The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.
- Robin Trower
Music, Learn, Born, Gift
I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.
- Robin Trower
Present, Got, About, Christmas
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