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> [Andres Segovia, the great name for guitar, he put classical guitar on the map. He was the proponent of it, the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-benson/andres-segovia-the-great-name-for-guitar-he-put-classical-guitar-on/)

[George Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-benson/)

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> [... Andres Segovia literally created the genre of classical guitar, which hadn't existed before around 1910. There was flamenco, which he borrowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/andres-segovia-literally-created-the-genre-of-classical-guitar-which/)

[Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/)

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> [“Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andres-segovia/among-god-s-creations-two-the-dog-and-the-guitar-have-taken-all-the/)

[Andres Segovia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andres-segovia/)

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> [When I was 15, I became an avid fan of Andres Segovia. He brought so much respectability to the guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-feliciano/when-i-was-15-i-became-an-avid-fan-of-andres-segovia-he-brought-so/)

[Jose Feliciano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-feliciano/)

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> [... hearing Andres Segovia in person was quite a revelation ... It was a knockout...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/hearing-andres-segovia-in-person-was-quite-a-revelation-it-was-a/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/julian-bream-9656_hearing_hearing-andres-segovia-in-person-was-qui_2625281.jpg)

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