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Andy Summers

"The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar."

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"The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar."

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"James Brown is the reason I play guitar."

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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."

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"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."

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"The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones."

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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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"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."

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

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Amber Hurdle

"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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Amber Hurdle

"I just go where the guitar takes me."

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