Robin Trower Quotes

You have to feel that music. You just can't play it sterilely.

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

I've done a lot of performance practice, Baroque playing, and some of the joy and the challenge of it is figuring out what the composer intended... You have music of the 17th century - it's all whole notes and half notes. But inside of that, there are so many things that one can do, at least according to what we know about performance practice.

I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.

I've always felt that the quality of the voice is where the real content of a song lies. Words only suggest an experience, but the voice is that experience.

Tone has the living soul.

I don't really care about a song or lyrics; I'm really just interested in the way people emphasize words. That's what makes a strong impact on me.

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.

Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

I have never been too concerned about things you're supposed to be concerned about as a singer. Pitch is important, and so is sounding good. But I think there's something underneath all that.

I'm a flutist so I know what they can deliver in terms of texture and sound and blurriness and softness. It's a very soft instrument.

I'm in a lower register because I'm not trying to shout out over a wall of amps. Singing lower sounded very pleasing to my ear, and it made it easier for me to emote.

In rock n' roll, there are notes that aren't like notes. They're something in between, and it's the way you scoop into it.

Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.

I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music.

Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune, in time with a good sound that's already high level. Those three are the main things.

I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.

The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.

For me, music is all about emotion and attitude.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.