Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot
Marc Ribotis an American guitarist and composer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth21 May 1954
CountryUnited States of America
great invented people perfect rock strong trying
It's not like rock was invented by people who were trying to show their great muscularity and how perfect and strong they could be.
guitar metal trio using
I've been using kind of a traditional metal guitar sound, a traditional hard-rock and metal guitar sound. That's what the trio thing is about.
composer detail learns surprising
It's not surprising that a composer learns in detail an instrument. That's not surprising. That should be the first thing a composer does.
beatles listen pop rude
The Beatles were a pop group, but when you actually listen to the tracks, they were very rude about the way they went about things.
people
Influence, people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from.
mean guitar pieces
I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt.
europe achievement different
Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz.
running thinking people
Influence people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from.
strong years political
I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and, at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene.
hate want nostalgia
I hate nostalgia, I want nothing to do with it.
one-direction sound modern
Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction.
love movie romantic
Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.
directors
Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.