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"I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments."
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"It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards."
"Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated."
"But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to the vocal melodies, you listen to the rhythm, and you come up with something that helps you take the song somewhere."
"What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe."
"Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar."
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"When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs."
"On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me."
"I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas."
"I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds."
"Les Pauls work out real well for me because I'll beat the hell out of them and they'll still work. The only trouble with them is finding good ones."
"If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write."
"I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about."
"I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out."
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