Billy Gibbons famous quotes

Well, everybody faces the fact there really aren't many records stores around to just go and browse. Maybe browse online, yet that tactile feel of flipping through a stack of vinyl remains one of life's simple pleasures.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Simple #Faces #Facts

... 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 have to be the best one; just be a good 'un" .. that just about says it all, always strive to be a good 'un...
-- Billy Gibbons

#Music #Water #Rubber

The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Mean #Player #Mp3

Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?
-- Billy Gibbons

#Guitar #Chords #Found

... 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 that a lighter-gauge string offers superior playing comfort ... try it, you may like it ...
-- Billy Gibbons

#Music #Kings #Trying

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Music #Feelings #Sound

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 we overhear-all you have to do is pull up the antenna and dial it in. This presence allows you to maintain your sense of origin and move forward.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Believe #Moving #Creativity

The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!
-- Billy Gibbons

#Band #Quitting #Enough

Turn on, tune up, rock out.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Rocks #Tunes #Turns

White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Lying #White #People

Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Ems #Ugly #Causes

Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Skins #May #Common

Having a visual element to your band is a good thing.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Band #Elements #Good Things

Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Song #Driven #Process

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.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Kids #Blood #Firsts

Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Play #Tree #Want

They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film... a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Mirrors #Matter #Film

In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Radio #Bigger

Sooner rather than later, any other form other than digital media will be a thing of the past. It won't vanish, but let's face it, this is seemingly the way of the future.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Past #Media #Way

I've been touted for my guacamole. I'll stand by my method. People have asked me to come to their home and prepare it. Restaurants have asked me about it.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Home #People #Restaurants

Water doesn't hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you're fine.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Hurt #Water #Records

There's not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Genre

The blues is life itself.
-- Billy Gibbons

It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Character #Important #Unusual

It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Real #White #Challenges

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 musical potential.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Sea #Rivers #Long

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 play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Games #Play #Water

If you're really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.
-- Billy Gibbons

#Helping #Take Your Time #Particular

Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up
-- Billy Gibbons

#Music #Character #Player

... 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 unusually, and the recorded take turned out to be a keeper. Insriration can come from the most unlikely places ... keep your head on and your ears open...
-- Billy Gibbons

#Music #Play #Sound