Charlie Christian showed me a lot, and was a great help, but even then, I realised that if I was going to make it, it was no use copying Charlie
Barney KesselCharlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world.
Barney KesselWhen I joined the trio, it was as if I was capable of driving a sports car at 60, but Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson just kept pressing the pedal down, and I was trying to control the car at 80!
Barney Kessel