Interesting Quotes from the Experts

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For all you guitarists out there. . .

Frank Zappa:

           "The
guitar can be the single most blasphemous device on the face of the
earth. That's why I like it . . . The disgusting stink of a too-loud
electric guitar: now that's my idea of a good time"

Robert Fripp:

         " Musicians deal with music,
professional musicians deal with business.  If our aim is to be a
musician then probably better not become a professional musician.  If our aim is to serve music, then this is part of the price we pay for that privilege"

Jeff Beck:

          "I've got no particular
desire to play ten-minute solos.  Those were never valid anyway in
my book - NEVER.  It was just a cheap way of building up a tension
in the audience . . . A solo should do something; it shouldn't just be
there as a cosmetic.  It should have some aim, take the tune
somewhere.  I'm not saying I can do it, but I try and take the
tune somewhere"

Steve Cropper:

            "Just follow the dots and you can't get into trouble"

Ritchie Blackmore:

          "Saxophone solos can be
helpful.  They're interesting because they're all single notes,
and therefore can be repeated on the guitar.  If you can copy a
sax solo you're playing very well, because the average saxophonist can
play much better than the average guitarist"