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Robert Quine quotes

American Musician December 30, 1942 – May 31, 2004

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I really feel fortunate to have been around then because there have been good and bad years in rock but the best years were '55 to early '61. I got to see Buddy Holly and everybody else. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in..."
Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "Reading music is something that's inherently hateful to me. It..."
Reading music is something that's inherently hateful to me. It makes music like mathematics. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records."
Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records. 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 job at the Strand bookstore, which was a little better than the tax job. 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 the saddest blues stuff. 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- it's the product of a lot of fighting. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by..."
From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by myself at home. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar..."
The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but..."
By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It..."
I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz."
After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz. 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 and went through two days of auditioning for bands. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying."
I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying. Robert Quine
Robert Quine quote: "I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely..."
I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me. Robert Quine

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