If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
BILLY GIBBONSThere’s not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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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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Every once in awhile I’ll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?
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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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The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people’s radar, and for good reason.
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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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Brian Eno and Robert Fripp’s foray into some artful excursions into some ethereal electric experiments.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins was something of a fixture on the Houston coffee house scene so we were witness to eccentric blues brilliance close up.
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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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It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
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Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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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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The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
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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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