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


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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.



What you aim for, in the first place, is to be as good as you can possibly be. This is what I do, and I'm going to try to be the best in the world.

What you aim for, in the first place, is to be as good as you can possibly be. This is what I do, and I'm going to try to be the best in the world.





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