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In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom.
Andy Summers
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Andy Summers
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 31
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It accumulates over the years and I've led so many bands of my own now and forced myself into new situations... You would hope that you play better and better - until you just get too feeble to do it anymore.
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I don't go out much to see bands. I prefer to be on stage.
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I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.
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There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.
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I was totally into jazz in my teens.
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