I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.
I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you.
But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
I like being in the back. I've done that for so many years, I'm really comfortable doing it. I don't like the solo thing as much as I like playing drums behind someone.
I feel really comfortable when it's just me and a guitar. It's special and more vulnerable to strip it down. It can be scary, but it's also empowering.
I wanted to play the piano, but my fingers weren't long enough, so I took up the guitar.
Because usually in the past when I was in a big band, that was all I did.
I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play.
If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar.