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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."

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

"T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around."

"I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar."

"I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable."
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"You shouldn't even be writing this story if you haven't heard me play live. You can't write with the passion you receive until you see a Dick Dale concert."

"Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer."

"As a little kid I had a girlfriend, and her boyfriend used to beat me up, so then I used to sing these songs, and that's what it's all about. Country music is all about your heart and your people and things like that."

"I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul."

"I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw."

"I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards."

"You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way."
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