To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms. Gary Lucas bloodyidiommake Change image and share on social
I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here. Gary Lucas artistbasicignorance Change image and share on social
I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day moves me like classical music (Debussy, Vaughn Williams). Gary Lucas classicaldaydebussy Change image and share on social
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music. Gary Lucas listenmusicspend Change image and share on social
Maybe its a case of one guitar feeling a certain way to the hands that makes one subsequently move differently over the strings, but my intent is always to wring the maximum emotional resonance out of the object in hand. Gary Lucas casedifferentlyemotional share on social
While I shared many of the same emotions Bill describes, in no way did my experience ever degenerate into the grimness I find in his book - I didn't have to live with Don, and I think that made a big big difference. Gary Lucas bigbillbook share on social
The ability and desire to transform the mundane materials at hand that we both bring into the collaboration well beyond the sum total of the parts - to birth a new baby neither of us could claim single parentage of. Gary Lucas abilitybabybirth share on social
I don't think so, in so far as I always aspired to play the way I do now but just couldn't get the sounds out always due to technical limitations - now I can pretty much play what I hear in realtime. Gary Lucas aspireduehear Change image and share on social
