'Ten' by Pearl Jam is still by far one of my favorite albums and is a big part of what inspired me to learn guitar.
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I go through a thousand songs to find ten for a new record.
In the '90s, I think I rediscovered my guitar. The Jam was obviously very guitar-based, but in the Style Council I just got really disillusioned with playing the guitar. The further it went on, the less and less I played, to a point where I couldn't pick it up any more.
As I grew up, I wasn't a great buyer of albums, but I really liked 'The Jam.' I like good musicians and loved the energy of their songs.
Rock guitar has been around for decades now, and there are so many strong traditions, and so much of it is just burned into my fingers. So, nine times out of 10, when I pick up the guitar to jam something, it sounds pretty cliche.
I've always been tenacious.
This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
I've probably bought ten CDs in my whole life.
I love the guitar because you can bring it everywhere, and you can start a jam wherever you are.
Music was something I found on my own. I got my first guitar when I was around 10, and it just all developed over time.
I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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