Jeff Beck Quotes

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• I don't care about the rules, if I don't break the rules at least 10x every song then I'm not doing my job.
• I play the way I do cause it allows me to come up w/ the sickest sounds possible. That's the point now isn't it?
• When Jazz broke through in England, I remember sneaking to listen on the radio much to my parent's disapproval.
• I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to use the same…
• Can't stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it's just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset. When…
• I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.
• I play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it.
• I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.
• I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.
• If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.
• 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 a…
• 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 do…
• I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally…
• Yes, it's in my left ear. It's excruciating... I mean, it's the worst thing 'cause it's not... It never... It does go away - it's…
• The Strat covers the complete spectrum of human emotion .. the tremolo enables you to do anything - you can hit any note known to…
• There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was…
• After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.
• Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can't organize accidents.
• I don’t care about the rules. In fact, if I don’t break the rules at least ten times in every song, then I’m not doing…
• Some are skeptical. My mom thought the guitar was going to fizzle out in two weeks, that it was just a fad-and that was in…

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