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It's great to have something you can be proud of.
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Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from.
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A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.
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I didn't sit down and work out other people's material; I've never believed in that.
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The States still has the best audiences by far.
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I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.
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The guitar part is the pivot of everything we do, so if you change the guitar part you no longer have what it is.
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Once you start copying other people's licks, you begin thinking they're yours. Doing that's just an easy way out.
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During my early period I had custom-made overdrive stuff because I didn't like what they were making at the time.
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If all you've got is somebody else's stuff that you've lifted, nothing really deep, then it is going to thin out.
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It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.
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It was an experience being on a Beatles tour. They weren't very good. The singing was great, but the playing was a bit weak.
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When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.
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To me there's a definite way of doing a song. If I didn't think that, I wouldn't have done it that way in the first place.
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Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.
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If you want to do rock and roll, forget about those who've come after '65.
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I will obviously take on board everything from my past, I always do.
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It gives me a good feeling to know that people out there really care.
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I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.
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There are no plans to do any more live stuff. I really feel like there's enough live shows out there.
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I've got very strong hands from playing for many years.
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While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.
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I can't imagine ever going back to working with somebody else.
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People often say very, very nice, complimentary things. But I think it's better if you don't take that too much to heart.