Sweep picking is when the right hand sweeps down and up the strings in succession. But when you do sweep picking, one note rings into the next, and it sounds almost like you're playing a chord, and that's exactly what… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
People - myself included - expect a certain standard from me. I always have to elaborate or improve on my playing. My success hasn't made me at all laid-back. That relentless drive is still there. — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
'Spellbound' has a lot of guitar playing on it, obviously, but I wanted to keep it with a more straightforward beat. It doesn't have… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I didn't have to apply my mind to the aspects of scales and playing, and instead, I focused on creativity. I wrote music, but… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I am convinced that there are few, if any, American people that could even start believing or understanding what living in a socialist country… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway. — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I'd rather have people dislike my style than change it. If someone says, 'Hey, Yngwie, you play too damn much,' I don't care. They… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know this, but I started out as a blues-based player, and then, when I realized after playing 18 hours… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I listened to all those blues records. They were great - Clapton, John Mayall. Then eventually I heard Genesis with Peter Gabriel, and I didn't really understand the difference then, but something struck me about the inversions and the diminished chords... they weren't as bluesy, and I loved it. I found out, that was very baroque-influenced. — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television the day… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the day he… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I played drums, and when I first got a 4-track, I would put down drumbeats and then do the… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
To get a feel for the right-hand picking technique, you have to let the pick 'fall' from string to string as if you were… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
