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Joey Santiago

(1965) Guitarist United States

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Joey Santiago is a guitarist from the United States.

Quick Facts About Joey Santiago

Born: June 10, 1965
Nationality: United States
Profession: Guitarist

About Joey Santiago

Joseph Alberto Santiago is a Filipino-American guitarist and composer. Active since 1986, Santiago is best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative rock band Pixies. After the band's breakup in 1993, Santiago produced musical scores for film and television documentaries, and he formed The Martinis with his ex-wife, Linda Mallari. He contributed to albums by Charles Douglas and former Pixies band-mate Frank Black. Santiago resumed his role as the Pixies' lead guitarist when they reunited in 2004.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Joey Santiago

It does just boil down to music.

Boil

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I'm not technical. When I listen to music, I gravitate more toward the sonic aspect of it. The technical stuff of it,…

Aspect

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I can hardly understand the Australian accent.

Accents

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Here is my theory on this one. If you write things down, if there is a mystery and you try and explain…

Mystery

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I've just been reading about cycling. Yeah, I'm not that great at it but I like the challenge of it.

Challenges

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The song I like to do is 'Dead.' I'm constantly playing that one.

Song

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I screw up on the delay settings, so pretty much everything is manually done by me - I don't have those presets…

Delay

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Where I live, there's a lot of canyons. We're climbing constantly - we're like mountain goats. I'm just trying to get better…

Better

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The saddest thing is that when I sat down to rehearse for the Pixies, I couldn't believe that I had given up…

Bed

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People do ask, 'Are you going to embellish this stuff?' I wouldn't change any of my guitar parts.

Guitar

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It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he…

Beaks

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I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova. It's very warm-sounding to me - lush and simple. I like that.

Affinity

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Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

Different

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It's always nice to end your sentences with an exclamation mark, and not a comma.

Ends

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Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s.

Grunge

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I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds. That's really about it - I don't gravitate towards it, I try…

Moving

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It's the best marriage of songs and production. But I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova.

Affinity

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