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> [The Les Paul was more challenging because of the weight of it, but the tone was there that the Fender will never have and vice versa. So you have to make a decision as to what you're going to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/the-les-paul-was-more-challenging-because-of-the-weight-of-it-but-the/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

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> [I couldn't not play a Les Paul guitar. Les always used to point to my Strat and say, 'Why do you have that piece of crap around your neck?' I'd say, 'Yours are too heavy. I had to drill holes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/i-couldn-t-not-play-a-les-paul-guitar-les-always-used-to-point-to-my/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

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## More by Jeff Beck

> [I try to become a singer. The guitar has always been abused with distortion units and funny sorts of effects, but when you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/i-try-to-become-a-singer-the-guitar-has-always-been-abused-with/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [If you don't have an album or you don't have any tune, you can't start.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/if-you-don-t-have-an-album-or-you-don-t-have-any-tune-you-can-t-start/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/if-you-were-to-plot-my-success-or-failure-it-goes-it-very-seldom/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [You stop anybody on any street, around the world, and they know who Eric Clapton is. They don't know who I am!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/you-stop-anybody-on-any-street-around-the-world-and-they-know-who/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [If the song makes it and people like it, then I guess that's all that matters, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/if-the-song-makes-it-and-people-like-it-then-i-guess-that-s-all-that/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [The only way you can get Scotty Moore's tone is with a big hollowbody guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/the-only-way-you-can-get-scotty-moore-s-tone-is-with-a-big-hollowbody/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [Nowadays music is as disposable as a McDonald's wrapper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/nowadays-music-is-as-disposable-as-a-mcdonald-s-wrapper/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/i-m-a-very-emotional-person-if-i-ve-got-something-on-my-mind-that/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [At the end of the day, there are a hell of a lot of notes being played out there and I defy the average…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/at-the-end-of-the-day-there-are-a-hell-of-a-lot-of-notes-being-played/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [As long as there's something original going on, that's all that matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/as-long-as-there-s-something-original-going-on-that-s-all-that-matters/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/i-was-interested-in-the-electric-guitar-even-before-i-knew-the/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/my-first-wife-said-it-s-either-that-guitar-or-me-you-know-and-i-give/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [I've become very conscious of how easy it is for people to lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/i-ve-become-very-conscious-of-how-easy-it-is-for-people-to-lie/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [It's a diabolical business. I can't imagine how hellish it must be to be hounded like Amy Winehouse and people like that. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/it-s-a-diabolical-business-i-can-t-imagine-how-hellish-it-must-be-to/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

> [... by far the most astonishing guitar player ever has got to be Django Reinhardt ... Django was quite superhuman, There's nothing normal about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-beck/by-far-the-most-astonishing-guitar-player-ever-has-got-to-be-django/)

[Jeff Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-beck/)

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