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Ronnie Montrose

"I am very aware now that music is a business, but there is also a way to go about making music that is true to yourself as opposed to doing, you know, just going through the motions and making things that would just be commercially successful."

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"I am very aware now that music is a business, but there is also a way to go about making music that is true to yourself as opposed to doing, you know, just going through the motions and making things that would just be commercially successful."

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"I would say seeing the original Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page at the old Fillmore was a pretty powerful influence on me."
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"I don't recall getting a first guitar."
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"Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record."
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"Because it was the original 4 guys, and the dynamic of those 4 guys interacting together that had the power."
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"I was following my muse and I was very fortunate in having good people around me and it turned out to be a pretty good recording in my opinion."
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"I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro 12 string and it was at about age 17 that I actually started playing."
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"I was too broke to buy a guitar so I more borrowed guitars from friends."
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"Attempting to write vocal oriented songs to me felt like going through the motions and if you are going to go through the motions you might as well just do any gig that caused you to do repetitive motions like banging a hammer or serving fries."
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"I was producing demos for a band that was called Physical Ed. Out of production of demos I went and did a few jam sessions with then in Northern California clubs, but I never actually toured with them."
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