Licks Quotes

43 quotes by 42 authors

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Every minority, be… — Ray Bradbury
I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense. — Branford Marsalis
I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean… — John Lee Hooker
When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad. — Kristan Higgins
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into a victory. The… — Paulo Coelho
Hendrix was back there with a few of the others who were like my training wheels ... hearing him as a teenager taught me to… — Junior Brown
I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things,… — Eddie Van Halen
I believe in knowing all you can about the music and the people who made the music. I think it's much more important to know… — Sonny Sharrock
Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for the rest of… — Lester Bowie
Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. — Alexander Pope
I thought what I was good at doing was playing real simple guitar licks, since I'd cut my teeth on what Duane Eddy was doing;… — John Fogerty
Watch your attitude. I don't mean to sound like so much of an old head, but there is another generation behind me, out there, doing… — Christian McBride
I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years… — Joseph Wambaugh
And a lot of the technique and the little T-Bone phrases that define his style, Chuck Berry, when he rearranged the beat, they became rock… — Duke Robillard
We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what the wood harbors,… — Jack Gilbert
When I first started playing guitar, everyone was playing Chuck Berry and B.B. King licks. I decided I was going to find other avenues of… — Robby Krieger
As soon as I arrive at the house, Laurie starts running, hits my chest, knocks me down, and licks my face. It's become a family… — Beverly Sills
The Saint Bernards work best in teams of at least three dogs. They are sent out on patrols following storms, and they wander the paths… — Stanley Coren
With all these great (guitar teachers) around here, don't cop their licks, COP THEIR ATTITUDE. — Leo Kottke
I play these sort of comical instruments I invented, like the electric rake and the electric plunger. I do a lot of almost stand-up comedy… — Eugene Chadbourne

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