A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.
Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.
There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer.
I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a guitar player, and my job is to go out there and play and entertain and do my thing.
Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier.
I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar player and some other guys.
My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer.
As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.
To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.