Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beckis an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds. Beck also formed The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth24 June 1944
CityLondon, England
locks radio littles
I do hear snippets on the radio. I do hear a little bit of me, sometimes great chunks of me. But I have to take that as a compliment; there's no way you can get sour grapes about that. But if somebody starts taking your whole new thing lock, stock, and barrel, and do their own version of it before you do it, that's not on.
two numbers singing
I wanted to be in Rolling Stone number two with a tomorrow feel to it, like an experimental Rolling Stones with Jagger singing.
ducks want london
London is a dead duck, as far as innovative new music is concerned, unless you want to have your head blown off with some outrageous, rubbish, pounding dance music.
pressure feels no-pressure
I'm happy in English studios. I just feel like there's no pressure anywhere.
running writing guitar
I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks and play them as best as I can as a part rather than ad libbing.
careers two people
I would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.
music parent radio
When Jazz broke through in England, I remember sneaking to listen on the radio much to my parent's disapproval.
music hysteria shapes
There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was just some weird mist coming from the East out of an amp.
thinking guitar upset
Can't stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it's just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset. When you think of all the subtleties that were built into the guitar and amps for you to discover they completely cover the whole lot with a rack of effects. The guitar doesn't need that.
tunes albums ifs
If you don't have an album or you don't have any tune, you can't start.
differences guitar woods
I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally fascinating plank of wood with knobs and switches on it. I just had to have one.
long feelings too-much
I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.
mean doctors people
Yes, it's in my left ear. It's excruciating... I mean, it's the worst thing 'cause it's not... It never... It does go away - it's not true to say that it doesn't but, uhh... It doesn't... The doctors say it won't... It isn't actually going away - you've just gotta suppress... They try to come to terms with what it actually... Why some people fear it - that's the psychology behind it. They know it's there but why is it such a horrible sound? Well, you can say why is a guy scratching at a window with his nails such a horrible sound - I couldn't put up with that! This is worse!
plot ifs success-or-failure
If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.