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"If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy."

"He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar."

"I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I was really driven and I was going to make it happen no matter what."

"We didn't have any instruments, so I had to use my guitar."

"I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something."

"I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke."

"What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe."
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"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 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 actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it."


"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!"


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