Quotes by 'Robert Quine'

Robert Quine

Robert Wolfe Quinewas an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos...

decided finally musician parents society

I had been brainwashed by my parents and society that to be a musician was unacceptable but by then I finally decided to at least give it a try.

figure guitar lessons rock roll teach took

I took guitar lessons in '58. To find someone to teach you to play rock and roll then was rough. I had to figure it out on my own.

rock-and-roll rocks transformed

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.

stuff funky kenny

I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.

records four genes

Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records.

punk standards primitive

By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.

jazz exhausted

After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.

grunge

I never really followed grunge.

piano lessons piano-lesson

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

listening stuff miles

My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to.