Quotes by Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck

… by far the most astonishing guitar player ever has got to be Django Reinhardt … Django was quite superhuman, There’s nothing normal about him as a person or a player.

Django

Guitar

Player

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless – fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

Soul

Sound

Spirit

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

Funny

Home

Music

As long as there’s something original going on, that’s all that matters.

Long

Matter

Originals

At the end of the day, there are a hell of a lot of notes being played out there and I defy the average middle-American or the average punter to differentiate between them.

Average

Being Played

The End Of The Day

Can’t stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it’s just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset. When you think of all the subtleties that were built into the guitar and amps for you to discover they completely cover the whole lot with a rack of effects. The guitar doesn’t need that.

Guitar

Thinking

Upset

I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

Privacy

Trying

Woe

I do hear snippets on the radio. I do hear a little bit of me, sometimes great chunks of me. But I have to take that as a compliment; there’s no way you can get sour grapes about that. But if somebody starts taking your whole new thing lock, stock, and barrel, and do their own version of it before you do it, that’s not on.

Littles

Locks

Radio

I don’t care about the rules, if I don’t break the rules at least 10x every song then I’m not doing my job.

Jobs

Music

Song

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.

Guitar

People

Years

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Albums

Amy

Average

Being Played

Careers

Couple

Differences

Disposable

Django

Doctors

Ducks

East

Elements

Emotion

Emotional

England

Exciting

Feelings

Feels

Feet

Funny

Giving

Guitar

Heart

Home

Hysteria

Ifs

Jobs

Littles

Locks

London

Long

Machines

Magic

Matter

Mcdonalds

Mean

Mind

Missing

Mistake

Mom

Music

Music Is

No Pressure

Notes

Numbers

Organize

Originals

Parent

People

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Quotes by Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck

… by far the most astonishing guitar player ever has got to be Django Reinhardt … Django was quite superhuman, There’s nothing normal about him as a person or a player.

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless – fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

As long as there’s something original going on, that’s all that matters.

At the end of the day, there are a hell of a lot of notes being played out there and I defy the average middle-American or the average punter to differentiate between them.

I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

I don’t care about the rules, if I don’t break the rules at least 10x every song then I’m not doing my job.

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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