John Renbourn famous quotes
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Tony McManus is the best Celtic guitarist in the world.
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Ethnic music the world 'round is quite fascinating," "There are an enormous number of similarities there, and it's the similarities that are so appealing. ... I haven't even scratched the surface of that kind of thing.
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I was interested in a whole range of music that I used to play, popular music -- particularly American music -- that I heard a lot of when I was a teenager," "I think at a certain point it dawned on me that myself playing this music wasn't very convincing. It was more convincing when we played music that came from our own stock of tradition. ... I certainly feel a lot more comfortable playing so-called Celtic music.
-- John Renbourn
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The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.
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I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that philosophy is founded on my observation of the world, not on anything so trivial and irrelevant as personal history.
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I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.
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Celtic fans are some of the greatest supporters I know.
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Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out.
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Being a Celtic supporter is not always easy, but it is always worthwhile.
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There is no finer guitarist than Kenny Burrell
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I really wasn't needed... Just straightening up riffs, that's all. Just two guitarists doing it instead of one.
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I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.
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I'm more of a strumming guitarist, instead of a lead soloist guitarist.
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