Guitar Quote by Allan Holdsworth

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

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

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

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

I don't get a big recording budget or much promotion, but I have creative freedom.

— Allan Holdsworth

If the whole idea, in the original bebop days, was to get to soloing, then that's all it should be about.

— Allan Holdsworth

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

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

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

Music moves forward so quickly; music is an accumulation of knowledge, and musicians keep getting better and better.

— Allan Holdsworth

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

I don't like playing to guitar players, actually. I'd rather just play to ordinary people.

— Allan Holdsworth