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The Les Paul was more challen...

The Les Paul was more challenging because of the weight of it, but the tone was there that the Fender will never have and vice versa. So you have to make a decision as to what you're going to have as your main instrument. After seeing Hendrix, I thought, 'I'll stick with the 'Strat.'

Jeff Beck 41 quotes

I've never stuck around long ...

I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.

Jeff Beck 41 quotes

When you get guys coming up t...

When you get guys coming up to you in clubs or restaurants or somewhere, and they say how much they've enjoyed your playing on records, then that pays off dividends every day; every time they say it, you think, 'I'm glad I did that.'

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If I'm on form and I'm not be...

If I'm on form and I'm not being bothered too much by mental problems or whatever, I can whip out something good. That's why I've done quite a few overdubs for Tina Turner and things like that, because even before she made this comeback I said yes to her, just because I love Tina Turner.

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I have to have people around ...

I have to have people around who are of a certain strain of humour. I can't deal with people who have no humour.

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Nothing is more annoying than...

Nothing is more annoying than a great singer getting drowned out by a loud guitar.

Jeff Beck 41 quotes

I was really small when jazz ...

I was really small when jazz broke through in England and I can still remember sneaking off to the living room to listen to it on the radio - much to my parent's disapproval.

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You stop anybody on any stree...

You stop anybody on any street, around the world, and they know who Eric Clapton is. They don't know who I am!

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I'm not committed to putting ...

I'm not committed to putting myself up for a blues guitarist, even though I love playing the blues.

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I'm a very emotional person. ...

I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.

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Sometimes when I do an overdu...

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 multi-track recording, isn't it?

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Mahavishnu's drummer Billy Co...

Mahavishnu's drummer Billy Cobham was the best I'd ever heard. Not loud, that's not the secret - powerful as hell when he wanted to be - but 90 per cent of the time, he was just dancing with the drums, you know? Just like a butterfly, all over them.

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The fun that I've had needs t...

The fun that I've had needs to be seen on the screen. I like the thought of a bunch of people laughing at what I laughed at - because my life is surreal, completely wacko.

Jeff Beck 41 quotes

I don't care about the rules....

I don't care about the rules. In fact, if I don't break the rules at least 10 times in every song then I'm not doing my job properly.

Jeff Beck 41 quotes

I couldn't not play a Les Pau...

I couldn't not play a Les Paul guitar. Les always used to point to my Strat and say, 'Why do you have that piece of crap around your neck?' I'd say, 'Yours are too heavy. I had to drill holes in it.'

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I like the wildness of Buddy ...

I like the wildness of Buddy Guy.

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It's easy to hurl abuse at th...

It's easy to hurl abuse at those awards ceremonies like the Oscars and all that, which we tend to do. We tend to vent our anger at things which we feel are unjust or undeserving. But when you're the recipient, it makes it a lot different.

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I thought there couldn't be a...

I thought there couldn't be a better backdrop for some kind of powerful music than a big orchestra. My wish to hear how a guitar would sound in front of an orchestra has always been there.

Jeff Beck 41 quotes

I don't understand why some p...

I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50 years to make sounds that no one has heard before is truly what gets me off.

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When they said there was gonn...

When they said there was gonna be about 100,000 people at Woodstock, and it went up to 200,000, I just blanked off and thought, 'I don't want to do this.' If they're filming it, it's too nerve-racking.

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