I Like Simon Cowell - Look At How Many Great Artists Have Come Out Of The U.k. Because Of Him.
Guitar Gigs Were Everywhere In The '50s, And I Started Diddling Around So I Could Keep Working. Playing Honky-tonk, Simple Stuff. I Took A Few Gigs With An Organ Band That Put Me Out Front.
My Whole Career From The Early 70s On Has Been Mind-blowing. I Didn't Imagine In My Life That I Would Ever Be Considered A Guitar Player First Of All Because I Started Off As A Singer.
People Who Love Jazz Musicians Love Us When We Play What We Want To Play And We're Starving. But As Soon As You Commercialize Your Sound Like Wes Montgomery Did, The Jazz Fans And The Critics Are Down On You!
Lenny Breau Dazzled Me With His Extraordinary Guitar Playing... I Wish The World Had The Opportunity To Experience His Artistry.
I Listen To Other Guitar Players, Yeah. It Gives Me New Concepts And Shows Me Where The Instrument Is Going For The Future And It Is Going Some Places. There Are Some Musicians Who Are Really Putting Out A Good Vibe With New Theories. I Try And Keep Up.
Of Course We've Lost So Many Superstars Who've Made Jazz What It Is. We've Lost So Many Musicians Who Created New Things And Changed The Way We Think About Music And Who Took Jazz To A New Level. So Jazz Is Suffering From That. But We Still Have A Lot Of Incredible People Playing Jazz In The World. We Have A Lot Of People Leading The Way.
The Greatest Guitar Player In The World Today For Me Is Paco De Lucia, Who Is Actually Spanish.
You Might Not Feel Like Playing Pretty All The Time. Instead, You Might Want To Play Something Nasty....you Might Want To Play Something Out Of Context With The Tune. It Might Be A Note That Creates So Much Tension It Becomes Unpleasant, But You Want It To Sound That Way.
