91 Quotes by Jeff Beck

I'm happy in English studios. I just feel like there's no pressure anywhere.

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.

I would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.

When Jazz broke through in England, I remember sneaking to listen on the radio much to my parent's disapproval.

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.

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.

If you don't have an album or you don't have any tune, you can't start.

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.

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.