"Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too."

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"Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too."

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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."

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"It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards."

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