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Andy Summers Quotes

Andy Summers quotes

English Musician December 31, 1942

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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. Andy Summers
Andy Summers quote: "I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music."
I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music. Andy Summers
Andy Summers quote: "Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever..."
Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do. Andy Summers
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. Andy Summers
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. Andy Summers
Andy Summers quote: "I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I..."
I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion. Andy Summers
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. Andy Summers
Andy Summers quote: "I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting..."
I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work. Andy Summers
Andy Summers quote: "For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument."
For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument. Andy Summers
If you're a guitarist, you should not be intimidated by using your instrument as a synthesizer, but you shouldn't feel that you have to own one, either. Andy Summers
Andy Summers quote: "I don't have a great nostalgia for the past."
I don't have a great nostalgia for the past. Andy Summers
Andy Summers quote: "What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like..."
What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe. Andy Summers
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. Andy Summers
I'm 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. Andy Summers
If the guitar synthesizer is really going to stand as a synthesizer on its own, it needs to develop a more characteristic sound; I don' think it's gotten there yet. Andy Summers

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