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.
BILLY GIBBONSAfter the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
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I’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.
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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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The blues is life itself.
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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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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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If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
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The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
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There’s not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
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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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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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Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
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The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.
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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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Brian Eno and Robert Fripp’s foray into some artful excursions into some ethereal electric experiments.
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