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Adrian Belew

"I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like."

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"I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like."

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"I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes."

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"If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song."

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"I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it."

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"I just go where the guitar takes me."

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"It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards."

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"For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant Talk which gave my elephant sound an appropriate place to live."
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"I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article."
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"Currently I'm working with Parker Fly on a new Midi guitar to arrive next year."
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"We expect to keep our writing sessions going until late spring, then to play some new material in a few secret club dates. The record will likely take a long time and may not surface until 1999!"
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"I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with."
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