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Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue.

I'm asked so many times why I think there aren't more female instrumentalists in jazz. But I never think about it. And I don't think it's been any harder for me to be taken seriously. The music speaks for itself.

I don't enjoy jazz guitar in general. I don't enjoy listening to a lot of it. I don't enjoy the tone. In general I've found its role in jazz to be kind of difficult.

I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not.

I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of doing it.

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.