91 Quotes by Jeff Beck

I never really felt at home with that – the headbands, the roses, the feet, the peace sign, all that bollocks. That wasn’t me at all; I felt like a fish totally out of water during the mid-’60s thing.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

As long as there’s something original going on, that’s all that matters.

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

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.