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![“I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of them come close to having Ed’s [Eddie Van Halen's] fantastic combination of chops and musicianship. I rank him along with Charlie Parker and Art Tatum as one…” quote by Ted Templeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/ted-templeman-281858_art_i-ve-worked-with-such-legendary-guitar-p_117538.jpg)
![“There was a f**king review in f**king Melody Maker [of the first BOSSANOVA single, 'Velouria'] - 'Sounds like someone's been taking singing lessons'. Like, motherf**king A! I am the singer. Who do sing SONGS. It's like I never sang before; like I was - I don't know - reading PROSE on my previous…” quote by Black Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/black-francis-28197_firsts_there-was-a-f-king-review-in-f-king-melo_87084.jpg)
![“Like, when we did Parliament and Funkadelic and Bootsy, it was actually one thing. But there were so many people that you could split them up into different groups. And then, when we went out on tour and they [the record companies] would see us all up there together - we had five, six guitars…” quote by Gary Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/gary-snyder-4502_bass_like-when-we-did-parliament-and-funkadel_881804.jpg)
