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When a new record came out, the world would stop that day, and we would sit in somebody's house - whoever had the best stereo system - and sit in the middle of the two speakers and listen and discuss and listen again and go over the album notes and get out the guitar and start playing it and discuss and play some more.
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hen I was starting my journey as a young guitar player, I was listening to The Beatles, the Stones, and all the British invasion bands, Top 40, Motown, and all the great music of the '60s. Then the alien ship landed, and life changed again forever... Jimi Hendrix.
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The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.
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I read a lot of biographies, and so much is just so boring or so, like, 'Why did you say that?'
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Self-deprecation is my game.
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I played all the guitar parts except the guitar solo on 'Beat It.'
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Music was everything. Now it is just not as important as it used to be. When I was growing up, where everyone was trying to outdo each other by being more outrageous and sounding more different, now there is a homogeneous sameness to it all.
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We've had to develop a super-thick skin. We've been beaten up more than any band in history.
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There are so many myths about us.
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Don't play too loud! Bleed-through on stage can be brutal to front-of-house sound.
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I wish I had perfect pitch, but I don't, and thanks to the miracle of YouTube, a bad night lives forever!
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The Beatles are the 'on switch' to my life.
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When you're young, you can burn the candle at both ends, and you're fine.
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I can't sight-read classical etudes - I would have to see it and learn it. But yeah, I can read. It is a wonderful tool. It's like speaking another language. Anyone that says reading music can hurt your playing is either stupid, lazy, or ignorant.
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We've become an underground thing for kids, because we never got the love our peers got back in the day. Kids are loving discovering us, and I'm happy to be that band.
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If someone sees me with what looks like a beer, it's always zero per cent.
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A great solo does not make a great piece. Rather, a great solo in a great song - that's what makes a 10 out of 10. It's the combination of emotional feel and inventive ideas.
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The music business used to be filled with people who love music.
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Everything we got was never given to us.