68 Quotes by Julian Bream

When I was 18, I went into the army as a payroll clerk because otherwise I was headed for Korea.

My father played one of the first electric guitars in England. He built his own in 1940, because you couldn't buy them in those days. He used three telephone pickups under the strings, which gave chronic distortion on chords but was quite good on single notes.

My father started me off on the guitar, and we learned classical guitar together.

I think that Bach has a very nice sound on the lute. But I find that what I want to do with Bach is best revealed on the guitar.

Your experience of life is to a large part distilled into your performing. As you grow older, you concentrate on aspects of music that you perhaps only touched on earlier.

You're never static as a performer. You either get better or you get worse. As I see it, you have an equal chance at either.

Quite often, I have to work hard to improve my technical capacity, if you will, before the demands of a new work come within reach. And I find that very stimulating.

I've always played a lot of Spanish music, but not as much as most guitarists do.

You have to be serious, and you must have a constantly inquiring mind. But I find it's new music that really stretches me, both technically and as an interpreter.