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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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I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.
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The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.
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I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.
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You don't want to be so far off the planet that you come out with something that doesn't make sense to anybody.
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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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Start with the titles, and then build the music that goes with them.
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I was totally into jazz in my teens.
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I don't have a great nostalgia for the past.
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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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It is not very practical in today’s world when you tour all over the place having a big band.
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