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"I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke."
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"Still others want a traditional guitar sound if they call you for guitar."
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"You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal."
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"I pestered the hell out of everybody I ran into until I could play the guitar well enough to write and sing with it."
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"Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock."
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"With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds."
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"I didn't know that you were supposed to tune the guitar to an open chord, and I learned to play slide with a normal tuning. I think it's a little more melodic that way and doesn't sound so bluesy. Of course, if I could play like David Lindley or Ry Cooder, I'd be a happy man!"
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"I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke."
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"I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it."
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"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."
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"Bruce's band is so different from the Grateful Dead; there's no lead guitar player, for one thing."
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"I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself."
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"I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke."
Guitar
"Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me."
Time
"Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one."
Wife
"One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter."
Daughter
"I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record."
Work
"I went to my friend's house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tiny little amp. I turned the volume up to 10 and I hit one chord, and I said, I'm in love."
Love
"As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking."
Key
"Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there."
Feelings
"The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had."
Friends
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