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I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

- Paul Gilbert
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My initial ideas are just a starting place. As a record goes along, it becomes more about making discoveries and getting excited about new songs.

It took me a long time to accept the idea that the guitar can take the place of a singer.

Life's too short, you know? If you find something you love and that other people love, why not do it?

You could take any four people, no matter how wonderful they are, and if you make them live together on a tour bus for eight years and don't give them any time off, after a while everybody gonna start going crazy.

As far as pedals are concerned, the test for me is if I step on it, do I seem to be playing better?

That's the nice thing about being in Mr. Big, is I'm not only the guitar player. I'm the background singer, and so I get to do both of those things. Sometimes we even switch instruments and I get to be the drummer.

Music and guitar are my favorite things, so it's fun to get together with other people who share the passion and talk about the details.

It's so easy to make albums with overdubbing and editing these days, but I really prefer playing live and just getting the music to sound right because the musicians, the songs and the performances are good.

Everyone has to start somewhere! I certainly didn't sound great when I first started playing, and I remember all my guitar teachers, both good and bad, and what it felt like to struggle with even the simplest of things.

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I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.