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What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

Andy Summers

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Andy Summers
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 31
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Usually, the best thing is when the band goes to the bar and gets the corner table, we sit there like kings, and then they bring people to us. It's just rock 'n' roll. It's stupid, really.
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I was totally into jazz in my teens.
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Coming from the era of vinyl you could argue that everything went wrong in the music business the moment we went digital. The day the first CD came out, it all went downhill in the music industry. Digital destroyed everything.
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I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.
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It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward.
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