91 Quotes by Jeff Beck

My first wife said, 'It's either thatguitar or me,' you know -- and I giveyou three guesses which one went.

I was really small when jazz broke through in England and I can still remember sneaking off to the living room to listen to it on the radio - much to my parent's disapproval.

I don't care about the rules. In fact, if I don't break the rules at least 10 times in every song then I'm not doing my job properly.

I tell them, for a girl, juice up the price of a shot to $3. The bar's not losing any money over it.

Sometimes when I do an overdub solo, they'll keep four or five of my attempts and then mix the bits that they like to make a solo up out of them. It's not against the rules, really - I can learn my own solos, then. But that's the whole beauty of multi-track recording, isn't it?

It's rewarding to be here. The little kids just love it. The weather is cooperating and everybody is coming out to grab some eggs. It's just a few minutes but it's a lot of fun for them.

I like the studio because it's delicate; you're working for sound. I like the garage because chopping up lumps of steel is the exact opposite of delicate. The garage is a more dangerous place though. I've never almost been crushed by a guitar, but I can't say the same about one of my Corvettes.

I play the way I do because it allows me to come up with the sickest sounds possible. That's the point now isn't it?

I play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it.