I really respect Zakk Wylde's guitar playing and his compulsive work ethic.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I respect his talents, even as he does mine.
I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.
I love the power of the musician who composes and performs. I envy their ability to put a nugget of truth in three minutes of sweat and emotional outpouring, colored entirely from their thoughts.
Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time.
I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.
It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.
He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble', I would have never picked up a guitar.
But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me.
Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.