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.
BILLY GIBBONSIf you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
More Billy Gibbons Quotes
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Water doesn’t hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you’re fine.
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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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If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
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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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Can’t do it, simply cause underneath ’em is too ugly.
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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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Sooner rather than later, any other form other than digital media will be a thing of the past. It won’t vanish, but let’s face it, this is seemingly the way of the future.
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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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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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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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In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
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Turn on, tune up, rock out.
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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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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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The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
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