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.
BILLY GIBBONSI’ve been touted for my guacamole. I’ll stand by my method. People have asked me to come to their home and prepare it. Restaurants have asked me about it.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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The blues is life itself.
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Brian Eno and Robert Fripp’s foray into some artful excursions into some ethereal electric experiments.
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If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
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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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Every once in awhile I’ll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?
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It’s important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
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Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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Maybe browse online, yet that tactile feel of flipping through a stack of vinyl remains one of life’s simple pleasures.
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It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
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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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They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film… a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.
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Then, believe it or not, along came the wave of the English cats like John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the Stones embracing the great American art form – the blues.
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One springs to mind: one of our very first gigs in a small East Texas town was not well promoted. At least, that was our conclusion.
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Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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