Dusty Hill Quotes

Dusty Hill

Dusty Hill

American Musician

Born: May 19, 1949

Me Music People Think Time You

We all like each other. I know people ask us that, and I hate to disappoint them, but we get along great and we enjoy playing with one another, and what can I say? I'm as surprised as anyone else. Dusty Hill

Through the career, planned or unplanned - usually unplanned - we've taken different turns. And it's culminated in a worldwide following that's pretty substantial. Dusty Hill

Worldwide Pretty Following Through Taken Substantial Different Planned Turns Career

Vegas to me is a place like Hollywood or New York where you can walk around and people recognize you but it's like, hey, that's cool, and then we go on with our lives. Dusty Hill

My impression of Las Vegas was in the movies and on TV. So we were all gonna go see somebody perform - I can't recall who it was - and we went out and rented tuxedos because I thought that's what you did in Vegas. Dusty Hill

You Thought Somebody Out TV See Vegas Perform Because Go Were Impression Did Movies Gonna Who Recall Las Vegas

I'm a fan of Las Vegas and always have been, on many levels. Dusty Hill

Vegas Always Been Fan Many Many Levels Las Vegas Levels

When we did 'Eliminator,' at the time, it was experimental for us. It obviously turned out real successful, but at the time, we caught crap about it from some of our old fans. They thought we were deserting our roots or our old style or whatever. Dusty Hill

Basically we're a blues oriented rock 'n' roll band… easy to listen to. Dusty Hill

Band Easy Rock Rock-N-Roll Roll Listen Blues Oriented Basically

I love playing music and I'm serious about It. But It's not brain surgery. Dusty Hill

Love Music I Love About Surgery Brain Brain Surgery Serious Playing

We are unique because we're the same three guys, and as Billy says, playing the same three chords. Dusty Hill

Three Says Guys Because Same Unique Billy Chords Playing

Every album is unto itself, so whatever sounds we need to come up with, like way back when, we needed horns. So we invented the Lone Wolf Horns, and we learned how to play horns. Dusty Hill

Eliminator' was a big, experimental thing. Dusty Hill

Big Experimental Thing

If we found an ashtray in the studio, we'd try to play it and find a part for it in a song. Dusty Hill

Song Try Find Part Studio Ashtray Found Play

Somehow it seems more clever to refer to something instead of saying it. Dusty Hill

Saying Clever Somehow Seems Something More Instead Refer

The three of us being brought up, even though we didn't know each other in our early lives, on the same type of music, same type of environment, there's a lot of sameness there. It's three peas in a pod, if they'll fit. Dusty Hill

Being a musician in Texas had its own set of risks. Dusty Hill

Risks Own Musician Had Texas Being Set

I think environment is more important to us than even equipment and the studio. Dusty Hill

Important Think I Think More Studio Environment Equipment Than Us Even

The women really seemed to like ‘Rough Boy.' Dusty Hill

Women Seemed Like Boy Really Rough

I think everybody would admit that we've got a sense of humor. Dusty Hill

Sense Of Humor Humor Sense Think Everybody I Think Would Admit Got

You don't have to play the blues to play rock 'n' roll, but that's where, somewhere along the line, your influences came from. I mean, I don't care where you got it from. If you got it from Eric Clapton, he got it from the blues. Dusty Hill