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"With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds."
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"What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe."
"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'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt."
"It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it."
"I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around."
"I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed."
Explore more quotes by William Christopher Handy
"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."
"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."
"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."
"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."
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