Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.
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I can never remember what I do even in the studio.
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I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.
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I criticize my own work pretty harshly.
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I had given up on the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes.
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I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able to quietly watch a band.
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I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits.
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I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant.
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I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.
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I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain.
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If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.
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Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.
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Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.
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Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.
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Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.
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What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it?
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When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible.
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When something is not good, it's bad. Period.
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When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.
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