Billy Gibbons Quotes

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• My discussion with Keith Richards about the creative process led me to believe that there's an invisible presence of a stream of ever-flowing creativity that…
• In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
• Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.
• The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless…
• Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and…
• ... Lightnin' Hopkins taught us, "the rubber on a wheel is faster than the rubber on a heel" and Muddy Waters taught us "you don't…
• Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up
• ... I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I learned…
• ... a blown-out tube ripped some of the grind from the amplifier, throwing us into a momentary tizzy. The unusual sound led me to play…
• Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
• If you're really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
• Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly.
• Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common.
• Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?
• Turn on, tune up, rock out.
• Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in my blood.
• Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
• Having a visual element to your band is a good thing.
• It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
• It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

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