Ed Robertson Quotes

If I'm looking really intense, it's not because I'm trying to be mystical. It's because I'm thinking 'Dagnabit, that was supposed to be a 7th chord'.

Ed Robertson

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• If I'm looking really intense, it's not because I'm trying to be mystical. It's because I'm thinking 'Dagnabit, that was supposed to be a 7th chord'.

  

  Ed Robertson
  • Supposed
  • Intense
  • Mystical