Best quotes by Allan Holdsworth on Guitar

Checkout quotes by Allan Holdsworth on Guitar

• ‟ I didn't decide to play guitar, but that was the instrument which I was offered. I've always been interested in horn-type instruments, such as a saxophone; but those instruments are very expensive, so my dad bought me a guitar instead. I didn't like the guitar at first, but after noodling on it for several months, I developed a feel for it.

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• ‟ The electric guitar's a pretty cheesy thing when you think about it, still working on those bits of wire and magnets for its sound. It's all of the things that are wrong with it that have made it the unique instrument it is.

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• ‟ The SynthAxe enables you to achieve a whole world of sonic textures that you cannot get with a guitar. There was nothing like it before and nothing like it since.

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• ‟ I grew up listening to Ravel, Debussy, Bartok and jazz like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Christian and Django Reinhart. It was incredibly inspiring! And I was given a guitar and I said 'What the hell is this?!'

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• ‟ I don't like playing to guitar players, actually. I'd rather just play to ordinary people.

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• ‟ In essence, I feel I'm more jazz guitar player because I write vehicles geared for improvisation.

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