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
I don't like playing to guitar players, actually. I'd rather just play to ordinary people. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Most of the musicians I play with - aside from the form and structure of the music - the interpretation is up… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Record companies tell me to play something more commercial, but I don't want to do anything else. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
I'd get another job before I would play music I don't enjoy. But then, I'm really not qualified to do anything else. — 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,… — 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
Don't let your hands dictate what you think you can do. Look at fingerboard charts and imagine your eyes dancing on the… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't leaving being musician because I use to like it when noone came to see me playing,… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Standing and playing next to Tony Williams was pretty amazing. One of the things I learned about being a band leader from… — 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 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
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
