Robin Trower
Robin Trower
Robin Leonard Troweris an English rock guitarist and vocalist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth9 March 1945
nice heart thinking
People often say very, very nice, complimentary things. But I think it's better if you don't take that too much to heart.
thinking
There's more power in the simpler things, I think.
thinking people way
Once you start copying other people's licks, you begin thinking they're yours. Doing that's just an easy way out.
song thinking way
To me there's a definite way of doing a song. If I didn't think that, I wouldn't have done it that way in the first place.
thinking done proud
I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.
thinking technique fundamentals
I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.
thinking mail fans
I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.
I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.
When I was a little kid, I was very impressed with Elvis.
began blues heard three
The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.
giving people feels
If you feel people getting on about what you are doing, it gives you a lift.
stuff really-deep ifs
If all you've got is somebody else's stuff that you've lifted, nothing really deep, then it is going to thin out.
strong years hands
I've got very strong hands from playing for many years.
past boards my-past
I will obviously take on board everything from my past, I always do.