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"It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was."
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"I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards."
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"I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play."
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"I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that."
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"I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs."
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"I would like to play with electronic keyboards again."
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"I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa."
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"We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals."
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"The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game."
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"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."
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"Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal."
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"I wanted to go back to Sun. Unfortunately, most of the gear is gone from Sun. The way I take it now, it's almost like a tourist destination. So, it would have been pretty difficult to have brought all the gear into Sun to make it like it was in the '50's."
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"Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed."
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"I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten."
God
"I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and let myself come through."
Guitar
"To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box."
Music
"The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why."
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"It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was."
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"Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb."
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"The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's not how fast you play. It's that unique blending of different stuff I'm most proud of."
People
"Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music."
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