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" But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder. "
Guitar
Just
Life
" Combing my hair doesn't make me a better musician. "
Better
Me
Hair
" Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous. "
Spontaneous
Totally
Everything
" Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums. "
Still
Me
Inspired
" Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only. "
Hard
Band
Rock And Roll
" I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings. "
Just
Fine
Hand
" I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness. "
Because
Pure
Imagine
" I can never remember what I do even in the studio. "
Never
Remember
Studio
" I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to. "
Turn
Jazz
I Can
" I criticize my own work pretty harshly. "
Criticize
My Own
Own
" I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar. "
Guitar
Car
Working
" I don't see myself as such an important guitarist. "
Important
Myself
Guitarist
" I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular. "
Popular
Become
Use
" If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. "
Ballet
How
Knowing
" I feel like I own the stage. "
I Feel Like
Feel
Stage
" I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined. "
Classical
Too
Limiting
" If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage. "
Play
Well
You
" I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes. "
Interest
Sick
Tired
" I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk. "
Funk
Person
Who
" I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able to quietly watch a band. "
Show
Band
Show Off
" I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits. "
Done
Air
Class
" I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline. "
Lack
Not Good Enough
Discipline
" I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway. "
Much
Never
Stones
" I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it. "
Rock
Hard
Play
" I never work out my leads. Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous. If someone says, 'That was good; play that again,' I'm not able to do it. "
Again
Never
Work
" In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players. "
Guitar
Reputation
Never
" I think a lot about death more than life, because we're going towards death. "
Death
More
Life
" I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain. "
Rock And Roll
Rock
You
" I was always stuck in a musical no man's land. "
Land
Always
Musical
" I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing. "
Way
Brilliant
Amazing
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