Well I was on the one hand, the more I played the guitar the more I began to really love the guitar and to love virtually any kind of music that anybody played well on guitar.
All gut strings. That's just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, it's the purest form of guitar making, and I just enjoy doing it.
I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice.
E mettiti in testa che la persona giusta non esiste. Esistono solo persone che sono più adatte." "Più adatte?" "Più adatte, più compatibili... Come dite voi? Quella giusta esiste solo all'inizio, quando non capisci niente perchè pensi solo a dar...
Having a solo career is a funny thing.
I cannot exist as a solo artist.
I'll never be the best guitar player.
I'm the guitar player in Belle & Sebastian.
I'm surrounded by great guitar players.
I'm not a good guitar player.
Sometimes when I do an overdub solo, they'll keep four or five of my attempts and then mix the bits that they like to make a solo up out of them. It's not against the rules, really - I can learn my own solos, then. But that's the whole beauty of mult...
I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.
Salgo sul palco e prendo posto dove non dovrei. Un piccolo sforzo, mi dico, posso farlo, solo un’altra volta. Solo tre minuti. Cosa vuoi che siano tre minuti? Tre minuti che potrebbero cambiare la mia vita, che potrebbero rendermi l’uomo più fel...
I'm a struggling guitar player.
Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.
I was a guitar player first off.
I got no entourage in real life. Solo. I go solo. No entourage.
The turnaround is when you have a solo in betwixt the verses. You stoppin' to have a solo.
E poi apro gli occhi e lui è lì, in piedi, in mezzo alla folla. Ed io vedo solo lui. Canto solo per lui. Vivo solo per lui. Tre minuti per farlo innamorare di me. Tre minuti sono bastati a me per amarlo.
The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back. It's an extremely dynamic instrument.
I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. As my skill and knowledge of the instrument grew, I found lead started to come naturally. Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated...
