"I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs."

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"I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs."

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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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"The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other."

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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 thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others."

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"I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with."

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"My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort."

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