Adrian Belew Quotes

• Yes, but don’t forget I also have the luxury of the worlds finest band when it gets lonely.

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• We expect to keep our writing sessions going until late spring, then to play some new material in a few secret club dates. The record will likely take a long time and may not surface until 1999!

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• The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other.

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• My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

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• King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.

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• King Crimson is never easy; it’s challenging. That’s why I like it.

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• I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn’t be able to sound like.

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• I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.

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• I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder.

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• I love drums and still play frequently.

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• I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article.

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• I have enjoyed all the artists I’ve worked with.

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• I didn’t make my first solo record until 1981 so I don’t have any 60’s or 70’s recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.

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• I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

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• For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant Talk which gave my elephant sound an appropriate place to live.

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• DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more.

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• Digital for storage and quickness. Analog for fatness and warmth.

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• Currently I’m working with Parker Fly on a new Midi guitar to arrive next year.
  

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• As you can appreciate over my lifetime I’ve developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.

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• Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.

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Adrian Belew (20)

Birth:	23rd December, 1949
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Guitarist, Lyricist, Producer, Singer

About

Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson and for his unusual impressionistic approach to guitar playing. Widely recognized as an "incredibly versatile player", Belew has released nearly twenty solo albums for Island Records and Atlantic Records which blend Beatles-inspired pop-rock with more experimental fare. His 2005 single "Beat Box Guitar" was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category. He has worked extensively as a session and touring musician, most famously with Talking Heads, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, and Nine Inch Nails. Belew has recently moved into instrument design, collaborating with Parker Guitars to help design his own Parker Fly signature guitar. This guitar is noticeably different from the standard design, containing advanced electronics such as a sustainer pickup and a Line 6 Variax guitar modelling system. It is also MIDI-capable, allowing it to be used with any synthesizer with MIDI connectivity.

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