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I don't go out much to see bands. I prefer to be on stage.

Andy Summers

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Andy Summers
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 31
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Photographer
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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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Aping what you've already done is just so dangerous and unrewarding.
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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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It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.
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I would like to play with electronic keyboards again.
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Sometimes, literally within a few minutes, you'd be off this amazing roaring scene and back at your hotel room, staring at the patten of the wallpaper. It's very surreal. You're back in your room, and it's dead quiet and really weird.
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I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.
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I think rock records tend to be very expensive.
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