Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity
Barney KesselCharlie 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.
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