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
suicide saws
I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying.
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.