My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything.
When I first colored my hair, my mother loved it. I got kicked out of school when I was 15, just for my hair. - Tommy Bolin
When I first colored my hair, my mother loved it. I got kicked out of school when I was 15, just for my hair.
- Tommy Bolin
You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano. - Tommy Bolin
You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano.
I used to try and take things in leaps and bounds. Now I've realized it's got to be step by step. - Tommy Bolin
I used to try and take things in leaps and bounds. Now I've realized it's got to be step by step.
I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something. - Tommy Bolin
I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.
I can't do anything but play guitar. - Tommy Bolin
I can't do anything but play guitar.
Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace. - Tommy Bolin
Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.
A lot of times I wish I would have learned to read music, but I'm very impatient. - Tommy Bolin
A lot of times I wish I would have learned to read music, but I'm very impatient.
I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing. - Tommy Bolin
I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing.
My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything. - Tommy Bolin
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