Robert Quine
Robert Quine
Robert Wolfe Quinewas an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth30 December 1942
CountryUnited States of America
punk standards primitive
By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.
summer jobs sick
By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a job at the Strand bookstore, which was a little better than the tax job.
records four genes
Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records.
home play
From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by myself at home.
stuff funky kenny
I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.
fighting thinking guitar
I think Blank Generation holds up pretty well. You listen to that with headphones and there's a lot going on there with the guitars- it's the product of a lot of fighting.
rock-and-roll rocks transformed
I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.
new-york august people
Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71.
emotional stuff howlin-wolf
It was just like Howlin' Wolf. Once you arrive at the point that you understand it, the emotional factor is darker than some of the saddest blues stuff.
song ugly stones
The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with.