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I like to play with someone who can cover a lot of ground and someone with whom you can discuss the language at a reasonable level otherwise it gets a bit frustrating.

Andy Summers

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Andy Summers
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 31
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'Triboluminescence' is actually a scientific world meaning striking something and creating light from dark. I thought it was a great word and that is was a very apt metaphor for making music - or any creative act, really. We all start in the dark and have to create light.
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I've got four or five records in my head at a time that I try to work on and I would like to do a guitar trio record next - since The Police I've mostly made records with keyboards.
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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'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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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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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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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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Aping what you've already done is just so dangerous and unrewarding.
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Start with the titles, and then build the music that goes with them.
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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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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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I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.
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I don't go out much to see bands. I prefer to be on stage.
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Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too.
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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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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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Ive also just come off a year and a half playing acoustic shows which is fantastic for the hands, and changes your head a little bit.
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I would like to play with electronic keyboards again.
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I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.
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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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