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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix
"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." Voltaire (1694-1778)
’’ It’s hard to describe, because on one hand you want your solo to be spontaneous. On the other hand, I feel a good guitar solo should be somewhat of a composition in itself. So, you sort of toggle back and forth between the concept of trying to initiate flow and composing. I think it’s a combination of both" - Jeff ’Skunk’ Baxter - guitar - Steely Dan / Doobie Brothers
"... I think people overemphasize the importance of gear in their search for tone. Your sound comes from how you pick and dampen the strings, and from your attack as much as anything..." - Eric Johnson
"... the biggest difference between me and other guitar players is that I don’t use effects to color my guitar parts, I create guitar parts using effects ... they’re a crucial part of what I do ... I don’t consider effects a crutch ... they’re part of the art..." - The Edge - U2
"Little Wing is like one of these beautiful girls that come around sometimes ... you play your gig; it’s the same thing as the olden days, and these beautiful girls come around.. you do actually fall in love with them because that’s the only love you can have. It’s not always the physical thing of "Oh, there’s one over there ...", it’s not one of those scenes. They actually tell you something. They release different things inside themselves ... "Little Wing" was a very sweet girl that came around that gave me her whole life and more if I wanted it ... " - Jimi Hendrix
"When you strum a guitar you have everything - rhythm, bass, lead and melody" - David Gilmore / Pink Floyd
"The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the day he died...then I got Deep Purples’ Fireball album which was also a big influence .. I have a collection of more than 200 of them that includes Strats from every year since March 1954 - the first month the Strat was made" - Yngwie Malmsteen