Don't let your hands dictate what you think you can do. Look at fingerboard charts and imagine your eyes dancing on the notes you want to play, and forget about whether your hands can do it or not. Just try… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I don't get a big recording budget or much promotion, but I have creative freedom. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Music moves forward so quickly; music is an accumulation of knowledge, and musicians keep getting better and better. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
