Latest Jeff Beck Quotes from Interviews

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• I never really felt at home with that - the headbands, the roses, the feet, the peace sign, all that bollocks. That wasn't me at all; I felt like a fish totally out of water during the mid-'60s thing.

  Jeff Beck

  Home, Feet, Water

• I do hear snippets on the radio. I do hear a little bit of me, sometimes great chunks of me. But I have to take that as a compliment; there's no way you can get sour grapes about that. But if somebody starts taking your whole new thing lock, stock, and barrel, and do their own version of it before you do it, that's not on.

  Jeff Beck

  Locks, Radio, Littles

• A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

  Jeff Beck

  Soul, Sound, Spirit

  FaceBook post by Jeff Beck from Apr 24, 2017

• At the end of the day, there are a hell of a lot of notes being played out there and I defy the average middle-American or the average punter to differentiate between them.

  Jeff Beck

  Average, The End Of The Day, Being Played

• I wanted to be in Rolling Stone number two with a tomorrow feel to it, like an experimental Rolling Stones with Jagger singing.

  Jeff Beck

  Two, Numbers, Singing

• I would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.

  Jeff Beck

  Careers, Two, People

• If you can make it sound exciting with a joke drum machine, you know you've got something.

  Jeff Beck

  Sound, Machines, Exciting

• I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.

  Jeff Beck

  Rocks, Long, Missing

  FaceBook post by Jeff Beck from Apr 26, 2017

• I'm happy in English studios. I just feel like there's no pressure anywhere.

  Jeff Beck

  Pressure, Feels, No Pressure

• I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks and play them as best as I can as a part rather than ad libbing.

  Jeff Beck

  Running, Writing, Guitar

• If you don't have an album or you don't have any tune, you can't start.

  Jeff Beck

  Tunes, Albums, Ifs