Can't stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it's just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset. When you think of all the subtleties that were built into the guitar and amps for you to discover they completely cover the whole lot with a rack of effects. The guitar doesn't need that.
Jeff BeckI would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.
Jeff BeckI play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it.
Jeff BeckIf you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.
Jeff BeckIt's a diabolical business. I can't imagine how hellish it must be to be hounded like Amy Winehouse and people like that. I have a little peripheral place on the outskirts of celebrity, when I go to premieres and that sort of stuff, which is as close as I want to get.
Jeff Beck