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"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 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."

"I have spent over 60 years bent over a guitar and to know that I wrote 70 compositions that masters have recorded, that makes me feel so good and full, and proud and thankful to the good Lord."

"I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players."

"More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp."

"But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to the vocal melodies, you listen to the rhythm, and you come up with something that helps you take the song somewhere."

"You should approach a sequencer like you would a Dobro guitar."
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"I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment."

"I went pretty much for one tone, and I knew at that time that I wanted to play a Rickenbacker."

"You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other."

"Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine."

"I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really bad songs I've written that you never hear."

"I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James."

"When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album."
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