"I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it is going some places. There are some musicians who are really putting out a good vibe with new theories. I try and keep up."

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Source : "George Benson Interview From The Noise11.com Archives". Interview with Paul Cashmere, www.noise11.com. April 23, 2016.

George Benson

#Player Quotes #Guitar Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The more passionate that someone is about something, the more you have to listen to them.”
“At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I'm gonna show 'em how to do it.”
“The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.”
“For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever present sense of humor; it is the next best thing to an abiding faith in providence.”
“Suddenly we have a baby who poops and cries, and we are trying to calm, clean up, and pin things together all at once. Then as fast as we learn to cope--so soon--it is hard to recall why diapers ever seemed so important. The frontiers change, and now perhaps we have a teenager we can't reach.”
“I started with straight, basic, symbolic structures. My problem now is the opposite; as I get older, I try to make my paintings more contrapuntal, richer.”
“The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed.”
“Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.”

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