My dad was a fine pianist and he had a lot of great records and beautiful music. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Bike riding is great for your thinking. I can't say I've written an entire tune while cycling, but riding has definitely inspired… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
You wait all your life to be signed by a major label, and then when they sign you, they don't want you… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
That's why I like the Steinberger guitars. They're easy to travel with... and they don't get messed up by the airlines. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
There are good people in radio and the record companies, but there are others who are completely in the wrong job and… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Music moves forward so quickly; music is an accumulation of knowledge, and musicians keep getting better and better. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
I'm trying to play tunes in a new way, using all the same scales, harmonies, structures, but twist everything a little bit… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
The electric guitar's a pretty cheesy thing when you think about it, still working on those bits of wire and magnets for… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
To most people, jazz-fusion means this dreadful synthetic jazz-rock thing, this jazz-Muzak, which I detest. They also think of jazz as a… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
I love music - really a lot. That's why I do it. But mine just never makes it, to me. There's always… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
I was working with another major label after Warner Bros, and they were telling me who to hire as musicians, what kind… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
The problem we have is that, some people call it 'too rock' to play on a jazz station, and it's 'too jazz'… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Jazz is something that's constantly changing. Its sole purpose is to let people improvise, to let them solo differently each time they… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
I didn't decide to play guitar, but that was the instrument which I was offered. I've always been interested in horn-type instruments,… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
I never use pull-offs because I don't like the sort of 'meow' sound they make with the string being deflected sideways. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
When I practise scales I will play four notes on one string. If I'm playing a C major scale, starting on F, I'll play… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
You wait all your life to be signed by a major label, and then when they sign you, they don't want you to do… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
As soon as I figured out I didn't know anything about music, I was OK. It's when I thought I could learn something that… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
I don't get a big recording budget or much promotion, but I have creative freedom. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
If the whole idea, in the original bebop days, was to get to soloing, then that's all it should be about. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
It's obviously flattering when somebody likes something one is doing. But at the same time, I get embarrassed about it. It's the 'I'm not… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
I don't think about what other people expect or anything. I mean, I sit and worrying so much about what I'M thinking, I'd go… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
Most people/musicians hear things differently and what might please one might not please another. One man's meat is another man's poison. Don't be afraid… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
Music moves forward so quickly; music is an accumulation of knowledge, and musicians keep getting better and better. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
When I first started playing, I plunked away just like everyone else. During the Sixties I played in a blues band for a few… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
The electric guitar's a pretty cheesy thing when you think about it, still working on those bits of wire and magnets for its sound.… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
I don't like playing to guitar players, actually. I'd rather just play to ordinary people. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
Most of the musicians I play with - aside from the form and structure of the music - the interpretation is up to them. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
If you fall in love with a woman, there's this unknown thing that gives you a force and energy, and music is like that,… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share
