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Les Paul Inspirational Quotes (13)

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.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive
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It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.
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I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them into the radio and the sound would come out of the speaker.
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If I have to go around telling everyone how great I am, then there's something wrong with my act.
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The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.
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You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.
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If you're in the U.S. and talk to someone on the phone who's in Iraq, you'll experience sound delay. It isn't long, but the sound has to go to a satellite and back, it's used for everything. I'm proud to have that be something I invented.
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This guitar is such a pal. It's a psychiatrist. It's a doggone bartender. It's a housewife. This guy is everything. Whenever I find that I've got a problem, I'll go pick my guitar up and play. It's the greatest pal in the whole world.
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..I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else
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To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any.
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I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound.
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When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar.
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Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive
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