--- title: "1 Answered Quotes By Robert Quine" description: "1 Answered quotes by Robert Quine. Plus more from Robert Quine and more Answered sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/robert-quine-29127_ads_i-quit-the-tax-job-then-and-decided-that_1474937.png" --- > [I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. I answered ads in the Village Voice and went through two days of auditioning for bands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/i-quit-the-tax-job-then-and-decided-that-i-was-going-to-play-in-a/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/robert-quine-29127_ads_i-quit-the-tax-job-then-and-decided-that_1474937.png) ## More by Robert Quine > [Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/meanwhile-after-failing-the-bar-twice-i-knew-some-people-in-new-york/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [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-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/i-think-blank-generation-holds-up-pretty-well-you-listen-to-that-with/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/after-i-exhausted-the-blues-thing-i-got-into-jazz/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/by-many-peoples-standards-my-playing-is-very-primitive-but-by-punk/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. I answered ads in the Village Voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/i-quit-the-tax-job-then-and-decided-that-i-was-going-to-play-in-a/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/my-playing-started-to-develop-through-the-miles-davis-stuff-i-was/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [I really feel fortunate to have been around then because there have been good and bad years in rock but the best years were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/i-really-feel-fortunate-to-have-been-around-then-because-there-have/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [It was just like Howlin' Wolf. Once you arrive at the point that you understand it, the emotional factor is darker than some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/it-was-just-like-howlin-wolf-once-you-arrive-at-the-point-that-you/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/i-started-off-with-the-really-funky-stuff-like-ramsey-lewis-milt/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/by-then-i-was-in-brooklyn-and-drank-my-way-through-that-summer-i/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by myself at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/from-69-til-76-i-never-played-in-public-i-would-play-by-myself-at-home/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/i-was-12-in-55-when-rock-and-roll-hit-it-just-completely-transformed/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/the-stones-were-nasty-and-ugly-and-doing-songs-i-was-familiar-with/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/i-saw-suicide-in-74-and-it-was-pretty-horrifying/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) > [I never really followed grunge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quine/i-never-really-followed-grunge/) [Robert Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answered/robert-quine/#itemlist", "name": "1 Answered Quotes By Robert Quine", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. 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