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“Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems.…” quote by Nick Cave — Download Open image

“Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like an ordinary guitarist. There are certainly guitarists that transcend that and do really find their sound and all that sort of stuff.”

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