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
acoustic changes fantastic half head playing shows year
I've 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.
hands head prefer rather relying simple sound sounds
I'm better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created.
band classical played police studied time ultimately
Then ultimately I was in a band called The Police by which time I played a lot of classical guitar, studied classic music, played jazz, rock.
band bring guitar playing rock songs unusual
Essentially we were a rock band playing rock songs but I was able to bring in some much more unusual guitar stylings as had been previously heard.
develop gotten needs
If the guitar synthesizer is really going to stand as a synthesizer on its own, it needs to develop a more characteristic sound; I don' think it's gotten there yet.
college guitar periods
There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.
couple guitar play
I always have a guitar with me. Actually, I've got several, I play every day. And I enjoy it. I'm never very far away from them. I swear I only ever get a couple days when I'm away from a guitar, and I never like it! There's always one close by, and I play every day. Or I'll be working on something in the studio and play around a bit. It's an extension of me, really.
play levels language
I like to play with someone who can cover a lot of ground and someone with whom you can discuss the language at a reasonable level; otherwise it gets a bit frustrating.
past hard
It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward.
sound my-favorite ambient
My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.
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.
obvious-things guitar sound
The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.