A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
So the actual riffing came out of us just sitting there and doing it the way I think some people think we really did it, which is all spontaneously, and it really was.
Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
Each time I play a song it seems more real.
My first guitar was like a campfire guitar. And it was left at a house that my family had moved into... and the guitar was at the house. It was all strung up. It's normally something that would be beyond a bit of rubbish.
I'm not trying to be flippant here, but I just play the guitar, don't I? That is my characteristic, and it's my identity as you hear it.
Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.
I try to become a singer. The guitar has always been abused with distortion units and funny sorts of effects, but when you don't do that and just let the genuine sound come through, there's a whole magic there.
I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.
Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!