Robin Trower Quotes

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble', I would have never picked up a guitar.

Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.

If it wasn't for guys like Gary Moore, I wouldn't exist. He not only proved that the blues could rock but it could draw a crowd as well. All of which made a huge impression on me.

Jimi Hendrix is one of the main influences on why I wanted to play guitar. He really shook me. I think it was his whole style - the look and what he did with the guitar.

He saw us play a few times in fact. I did this song called I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, and Jimi loved it. He paid me a huge compliment when he told me that he was thinking of doing something similar himself!

I know when somebody's heard my music. I can hear it in their music.

I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one. But I have no problems of putting titles and lines from other songs in my songs, because they're great lines and great titles.

I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of the main contributors to my inspirational playing.

I've never really heard anybody imitating anything of mine the way they do with Edward Van Halen's stuff.

When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends on which The Pretenders song you're listening to.

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely.

Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'Let Her Cry,' I was just trying to write 'She Talks to Angels.'

The Stones were a big influence on me and the Beatles, obviously.

I really liked Stevie Ray Vaughn, so hey - I tried to look like him.

Man, don't get me started on Pat Travers. That dude writes killer blues rock and roll riffs.

As a kid, looking at Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, New Edition, the Temptations, Motown, people who I felt were huge artists, they made me wanna do something.

Jimi Hendrix, he was a rock star. But he played guitar; I don't. I've just found ways to use words to make my mark in this history book.

I worked with George Harrison - who was the reason I started playing guitar.

As a young man growing up in that era, I was very influenced by Hendrix and took to a wah wah, and I learned how to really use one effectively as Hendrix did.

As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that.

I picked up the guitar at 15 because of Taylor Swift.

My grandfather is a blues musician.

I think a lot of guys are influenced by 'Pinata.' I fathered a lot of styles off that album.