The blues is life itself.
BILLY GIBBONSThere’s not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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There’s not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
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In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
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