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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.
Andy Summers
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Andy Summers
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 31
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My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.
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I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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It's exciting to see if you can create something that sounds, at least to your own ears, exciting.
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Aping what you've already done is just so dangerous and unrewarding.
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To go see a band in a big venue is a difficult experience. I don't really like that too much. I'm not a guy who puts on iTunes and goes, Oh, what's hot! I don't need to.
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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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I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.
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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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