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Let me explain something about guitar playing. Everyone's got their own character, and that's the thing that's amazed me about guitar playing since the day I first picked it up. Everyone's approach to what can come out of six strings is different from another person, but it's all valid.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only 6 or 7.

I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar.

You can tune your guitar funky, and something's gonna come out. There's no secret to it - either you got it, or you don't.

I play the guitar a little bit.

I tried the guitar, but it had two strings too many. It was just too complicated, man! Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players, another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.

I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.

Tunings are wonderfully inspiring, and it helps you to write music. If I'm stuck, you know, I change the tuning.