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
guitar magic trying
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.
people amy want
It's a diabolical business. I can't imagine how hellish it must be to be hounded like Amy Winehouse and people like that. I have a little peripheral place on the outskirts of celebrity, when I go to premieres and that sort of stuff, which is as close as I want to get.
music play way
I play the way I do cause it allows me to come up w/ the sickest sounds possible. That's the point now isn't it?
guitar giving wife
My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.
trying woe privacy
I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.
long matter originals
As long as there's something original going on, that's all that matters.
machines sound exciting
If you can make it sound exciting with a joke drum machine, you know you've got something.
music emotion notes
The Strat covers the complete spectrum of human emotion .. the tremolo enables you to do anything - you can hit any note known to mankind
song jobs mistake
I don’t care about the rules. In fact, if I don’t break the rules at least ten times in every song, then I’m not doing my job properly. Emotion is much more important than making mistakes, so be prepared to look like a chump. If you become too guarded and too processed, the music loses its spontaneity and gut feeling
mcdonalds music-is disposable
Nowadays music is as disposable as a McDonald's wrapper.
soul sound spirit
A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.
home play saws
After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.
rocks long missing
I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.
music guitar woods
That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.