American - Musician | May 8, 1977 -
I'm an acoustic guitar owner - in the sense that I own them, and they sit at my house, and I never play them.
Joe Bonamassa
GuitarHousePlayNeverOwnSit
I'm probably a more intentional acoustic player than I am an electric player because of lack of influences. I just play acoustic to see what happens.
I AmPlayIntentionalMoreSeeJust
I play acoustic when I need to play acoustic, and I say I'm probably a better acoustic player than I am electric.
I AmBetterPlaySayNeedThan
I've really gotten over pedals. I can't keep up with this craze of boutique pedals that make you sound like everything but your guitar. I can't get my head around it.
GuitarYouSoundEverythingHeadUp
If I'm soloing, I usually try to start with a theme, which will often stem from the blues.
StartBluesWillTryThemeStem
I don't really do scales... I mean, I play parts of them, but then I bail and start playing parts of other things. The term 'scale' feels very scripted to me because I'm an improv player.
MeStartPlayMeanImprovPlaying
I don't have any legato skills; I could never figure out how to roll the notes off.
SkillsNeverOutNotesRollOff
I'm not sure when I first heard about Beth Hart. I do remember seeing her on various TV shows. I think I'd seen her on 'Conan O'Brien' or whatever. And it seemed that whenever we'd tour Europe, our paths would cross.
ThinkRememberPathsSeeingFirst
I'm always looking for something new to do.
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I feel like I always learn from somebody who can do something better than I can.
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It's not enough to play a song: you have to inhabit it.
SongEnoughYouPlayInhabit
The fact that I tour religiously in the spring, religiously in the fall, and do 125 shows - you can set your watch to that. And you could have set your watch to that in 2000 or 1999, and you can set your watch to it in 2012.
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