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I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.

Andy Summers

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Andy Summers
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 31
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
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You're on the stage and you've got all those people yelling at you, so you better be right in the moment, reacting to that. It's completely live and organic. Even 20 years later, it's the same thing. You may be even better on your instrument. Hopefully, you are.
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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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It's exciting to see if you can create something that sounds, at least to your own ears, exciting.
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For me, a great show is when there's a great rapport with the band and the audience, and we're all really into it. The first trick is to bring the audience into the band, break the ice, have a life, and be one, so you can enjoy the next hour and a half together.
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It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward.
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For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.
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If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger.
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Start with the titles, and then build the music that goes with them.
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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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If you're 20 years old, you've grown up without buying albums.
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The thing about photography is, some people surround themselves with extremely strong subject matter. And unless you're a moron, you're going to get a really strong photograph.
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Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do.
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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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It is not very practical in today’s world when you tour all over the place having a big band.
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Im better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created.
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I don't go out much to see bands. I prefer to be on stage.
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What you aim for, in the first place, is to be as good as you can possibly be. This is what I do, and I'm going to try to be the best in the world.
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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.
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I actually think I play better now than Ive ever played.
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As an artist, I move along in my life, into whatever things I'm doing, and I hear things where it's like, Oh, that'd be a great [song] title! I'll use that! So I keep a running list of titles on my computer. I've got these words and phrases that just sustained my interest. So I'm a step ahead, really, with the titling!
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