Procol Harum Quotes
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The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.
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If you feel people getting on about what you are doing, it gives you a lift.
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It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.
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I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.
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Once I've settled on something I'll stay with that at least throughout the whole tour.
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A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.
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I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.
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I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.
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I don't tend to stand still for very long.
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I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.
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The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.
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I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.
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I use a combination of all my influences on my albums.
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I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.
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There's more power in the simpler things, I think.
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The BBC, during its 24 hours on the air, plays a very wide range of stuff. And it's not commercial.
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I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.
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My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.
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I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
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I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.
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I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.
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I remember the snow in Canada and the lovely weather in New Zealand. And I slightly remember going to school there.
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I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.
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I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.