Rock and roll Quote by Robert Quine Download Open image “I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.” — Robert Quine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Rock and roll Rocks Transformed
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Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71. — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
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By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso. — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. I answered ads in the Village Voice… — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to. — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
I really feel fortunate to have been around then because there have been good and bad years in rock but the best years were… — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
It was just like Howlin' Wolf. Once you arrive at the point that you understand it, the emotional factor is darker than some of… — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell. — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a… — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by myself at home. — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
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Rock and roll is based on pretty boys who look like little girls. The girls love them because they're not threatening. As someone who… — Chuck Panozzo Copy Share Image
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You know that everyone thinks that in order to do South Park we must be wild, crazy, rock and roll stars. But the truth… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
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