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29 quotes by Andy Summers

Andrew James "Andy" Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English multi-instrumentalist, born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. Best known as the guitarist for rock band The Police, he has also recorded twelve solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed several film scores. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Summers as the eighty-fifth greatest guitarist of all time in...
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I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.

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If you're a guitarist, you should not be intimidated by using your instrument as a synthesizer, but you shouldn't feel that you have to own... →

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If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger.

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I've got four or five records in my head at a time that I try to work on and I would like to do a guitar trio record next - since The Police... →

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My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.

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Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do.

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I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.

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In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you... →

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For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.

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I actually think I play better now than I've ever played.

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I don't have a great nostalgia for the past.

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I think rock records tend to be very expensive.

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I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.

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