Brian Eno and Robert Fripp’s foray into some artful excursions into some ethereal electric experiments.
BILLY GIBBONSIt’s important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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Every once in awhile I’ll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?
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When I was around 7 or 8 my Dad took me to a B.B. King recording session, well, that really did it. Huge and lasting impressions.
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No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.
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It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go ’round and ’round.
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Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
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The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
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Can’t do it, simply cause underneath ’em is too ugly.
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Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder?
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Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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We kind of made the best of it playing through the first set, took a break and bought him a Coke and then went on to perform for the remainder of the night. It wasn’t exactly a catastrophe but it certainly stands as legendary.
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After the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience.
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It’s important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins taught us, “the rubber on a wheel is faster than the rubber on a heel” and Muddy Waters taught us “you don’t have to be the best one; just be a good ‘un” .. that just about says it all, always strive to be a good ‘un.
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White people get nervous and speed things up. You don’t have to be in a hurry because you ain’t got nothing to gain and you ain’t got nothin’ to lose. And that’s where the groove lies.
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Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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