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"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."

"I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and another guitar, and I was just going to sing."

"You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal."

"We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet, drums, a guitar, vibes and a piano."

"I didn't know that you were supposed to tune the guitar to an open chord, and I learned to play slide with a normal tuning. I think it's a little more melodic that way and doesn't sound so bluesy. Of course, if I could play like David Lindley or Ry Cooder, I'd be a happy man!"

"I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands."
Explore more quotes by Vivian Campbell

"I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich."

"It's a lot more comfortable, I must say. Ummm, I didn't think I'd be playing with another band, I kinda thought I was through with that, but I make an exception because they're nice people."

"I still have people saying to me, 'Oh, you're still together?' They don't realize Leppard's been around this whole time, because people just don't get to hear us."

"I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it."

"Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero."

"If there is any justice in the world, then eighties rock will never again serve to blight humanity as it did in that dark decade!"
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