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Steve Hackett

(1950) Guitarist

11 quotes in 75 categories

Steve Hackett is a guitarist, best known for Guitars.

Quick Facts About Steve Hackett

Born: February 12, 1950
Profession: Guitarist
Notable works: Guitars

About Steve Hackett

Stephen Richard Hackett is an English guitarist who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums, seven singles and one EP before he left to pursue a solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Steve Hackett

Love's stronger than fear and death.

Death

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Religion deals in certainties and philosophy deals more in un-answered questions.

Certainty

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I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.

Hard

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We got a Chinese Elvis painted by Norman Rockwell.

Chinese

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It's funny, when people talk about the 70s I can tell you the year of every album but when it comes to…

Albums

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When I'm recording, which is synonymous with writing, I'll play things over and over again until it sounds like I've got the…

Inspiration

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I think computers have changed things tremendously. At one time, you tended to take the rough with the smooth. But now, because…

Aids

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I think that a song, when it works, never mind a piece of long form music, even a song is something that…

Form

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My father was able to play a number of musical instruments and I fell in love with classical music in my teens…

Able

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These days I can really get the strings to snap if I want.

Days

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Obviously classical music tends to be stuff that is usually at least a hundred years old.

Classic

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