Andy Summers
Andy Summers
Andrew James "Andy" Summersis an English musician. Best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Police, he has also recorded twelve solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed several film scores. He currently lives in Santa Monica, California...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth31 December 1942
funny inspiring done
Aping what you've already done is just so dangerous and unrewarding.
thinking play rocks
What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.
photography people doorways
I admire photographers who can take much more ordinarily subject matter and make it transcend that ordinariness, so that it becomes something else fresh and new. It opens this doorway. I really admire people who can do that with photography.
world today band
It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band.
teens jazz
I was totally into jazz in my teens.
guitar police trying
I've got four or five records in my head at a time that I try to work on and I would like to do a guitar trio record next - since The Police I've mostly made records with keyboards.
photography strong people
The thing about photography is, some people surround themselves with extremely strong subject matter. And unless you're a moron, you're going to get a really strong photograph.
play police arena
In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom.
moving moving-forward i-am-pretty
I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.
thinking people records
I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.
play keyboards
I would like to play with electronic keyboards again.
thinking rocks records
I think rock records tend to be very expensive.
guitar two albums
More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.
sound my-favorite ambient
My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.