"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 'n roll guitar licks. So in essence, T-Bone was not only the first electric blues guitar player, but he was the first electric rock 'n roll guitar player, really."

-- Duke Robillard

#Player Quotes #Essence Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“One day, perhaps, you will see for yourself that regrets are as nothing. The value lies in how they are answered.”
“It's almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery.”

Source : "Nobel Prize in Physics". The Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. March 18, 1991.
“I loved to get all dusty and ride horses and plant potatoes and cotton.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective.”

Source : Mireille Guiliano (2013). “French Women For All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes & Pleasure”, p.194, Random House
“If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up.”
“Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true of grave-robbing. Loot your local cemetery and find yourself mired in social awkwardness. But unearth the tomb of an ancient king and you can feel free to pop off his toe rings. You'll probably end up on a book tour, or bagging an honorary degree or two.”
“Victory over fear is the first spiritual duty of man.”
“I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be an actor and still go to the supermarket and not get bothered.”

Source : "When in Rome". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2007.

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