Richard Lloyd Quotes

• The guitar is like a cuisine and you can't expect people to eat the same thing all the time.

  Richard Lloyd

  Guitar, People, Cuisine

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• Some of the albums I like best in the whole world are considered psychedelic albums. A psychedelic album is an album that when you put it on, if you listen to both sides, when it's over, your perceptions have been changed and I think that our record can do that.

  Richard Lloyd

  Thinking, Over You, Perception

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• To me, the coolest riffs are composed of two guitar parts that interlock like gears. You need both parts to make whole. I work things out on an electric that's not plugged in to make sure a good tone isn't forgiving a part that couldn't stand up naked. Only after the parts are written will I struggle to find a tone that supports the creativity.

  Richard Lloyd

  Struggle, Creativity, Guitar

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• Some-one called my style 'sense of urgency' guitar playing and I've always admitted I often don't know where I'm going when I solo. But that desperation is what makes it exciting.

  Richard Lloyd

  Guitar, Style, Desperation

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• Television was the only band of its ilk that treated the guitar with delicacy, not as simple rhythm support for teenage aggression.

  Richard Lloyd

  Teenage, Simple, Guitar

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• Rock is stronger than any misguided theories of cultural events. It's bigger than that.

  Richard Lloyd

  Rocks, Stronger, Events

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• They were recorded without processed cheese. Listen to old '50s records. The style may be dated, but the recording isn't.

  Richard Lloyd

  Style, Records, May

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• Television was one of those magnificent kind of events where everything fell into place.

  Richard Lloyd

  Events, Television, Kind

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• How different South Africa’s cricketing achievements, and indeed the future of the country itself, might have been if racism had not denied Frank Roro the opportunity of batting with Bruce Mitchell in the Lord’s sunshine.

  Richard Lloyd

  Country, Sunshine, Opportunity

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• Cricket is a team game where individuals inspire each other to achieve performances which surpass what might otherwise be beyond them.

  Richard Lloyd

  Team, Games, Inspire

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