Andy Summers
Andy Summers
Andrew James "Andy" Summersis an English musician. Best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Police, he has also recorded twelve solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed several film scores. He currently lives in Santa Monica, California...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth31 December 1942
years buying albums
If you're 20 years old, you've grown up without buying albums.
world today band
It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band.
teens jazz
I was totally into jazz in my teens.
kings stupid rocks
Usually, the best thing is when the band goes to the bar and gets the corner table, we sit there like kings, and then they bring people to us. It's just rock 'n' roll. It's stupid, really.
years hands half
Ive also just come off a year and a half playing acoustic shows which is fantastic for the hands, and changes your head a little bit.
rooms roaring quiet
Sometimes, literally within a few minutes, you'd be off this amazing roaring scene and back at your hotel room, staring at the patten of the wallpaper. It's very surreal. You're back in your room, and it's dead quiet and really weird.
guitar competition keyboards
It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.
sound violin way
If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger.
obvious-things guitar sound
The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.
two car people
You come off of this screaming audience of many, many thousands of people. I used to find it very weird. You have two choices. Either you can stay and pump flesh with hundreds of people after the show, which really gets old, or you can come off stage, get into the car, and go straight out the back and away, back to the hotel.
years play band
It accumulates over the years and I've led so many bands of my own now and forced myself into new situations... You would hope that you play better and better - until you just get too feeble to do it anymore.
ice together half
For me, a great show is when there's a great rapport with the band and the audience, and we're all really into it. The first trick is to bring the audience into the band, break the ice, have a life, and be one, so you can enjoy the next hour and a half together.
years yelling people
You're on the stage and you've got all those people yelling at you, so you better be right in the moment, reacting to that. It's completely live and organic. Even 20 years later, it's the same thing. You may be even better on your instrument. Hopefully, you are.
titles
Start with the titles, and then build the music that goes with them.