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"I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the string, which is a lot closer to the source of the sound making."
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"To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do."

"There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back."

"What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe."

"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."

"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."

"Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately."

"My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it."
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"I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning."

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"I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the string, which is a lot closer to the source of the sound making."
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