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'Spellbound' has a lot of guitar playing on it, obviously, but I wanted to keep it with a more straightforward beat. It doesn't have…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I didn't have to apply my mind to the aspects of scales and playing, and instead, I focused on creativity. I wrote music, but…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I am convinced that there are few, if any, American people that could even start believing or understanding what living in a socialist country…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway.

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I'd rather have people dislike my style than change it. If someone says, 'Hey, Yngwie, you play too damn much,' I don't care. They…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

A lot of people don't know this, but I started out as a blues-based player, and then, when I realized after playing 18 hours…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I listened to all those blues records. They were great - Clapton, John Mayall. Then eventually I heard Genesis with Peter Gabriel, and I…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television the day…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the day he…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I've learned not to say, 'No, I'd never do that.'

— Yngwie Malmsteen

To get a feel for the right-hand picking technique, you have to let the pick 'fall' from string to string as if you were…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I emigrated to the U.S. on February 3, 1983, when I was 19 years old. I joined Steeler right away and recorded the album…

— Yngwie Malmsteen