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Andy Summers Quotes: I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.
         

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


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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 one, either.

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 one, either.



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 I've mostly made records with keyboards.

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 I've mostly made records with keyboards.



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 can play with a certain freedom.

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 can play with a certain freedom.



What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.



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

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



I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.

I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.



I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.

I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.



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

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



More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.

More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.



It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.

It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.





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