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Adam Jones

"That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound."

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"That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound."

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"I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage."

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"I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got."

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"Sound.Noisethe air employs.Melodies sweet.Tweet, tweet, tweet.Soft. Loud.A roaring crowd.Cluck. Caw. Crow.Tet, tet. Tis, tis.Guttural growl.Harrowing howl.Drip, drip, drip.Tap, tap, tap.Moan and groan.Endless drone.Ding, dang, dong.A church bell song.Vibrations in my earto hear.Sound."

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"I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice."

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"With Crazy Horse, it's all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I'm part of it. It's like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing."

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"I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify."

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"Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it."

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"I'm better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created."

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"It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing."

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"Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective."

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