Dragonforce's lead guitar player praising Richie:
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I think sometimes guitar players get a bit obsessive about notes. They get so into it. And I was like that at one point in my life, when I was learning to play the guitar. I would not listen to any music that hasn't got guitar solos, because we're just big nerds and we want to do this, and there's nothing out there except this. You concentrate on a one track mind.
And as you play more guitar, you learn about more things. It's just beyond the notes. (...) I think the way I look at it is now, you look at the guitar, the 'multiple dimensional' kind of thing. There is you playing the notes, and there is the projection out there. You've got to look at it from a third-person point of view, and how you're playing. (...)
You go to a Bon Jovi concert, and I remember when Richie Sambora was in Bon Jovi, those notes, those solos, everyone was singing in the stadium. They're singing the solos, man. Richie Sambora is actually one of the guitar players that got me into wanting to play solos, because they're so melodic, and it's got so much great feeling on it.
And then at the same time, these other players like Kurt Cobain, they project the song, what they're doing really inspires people and a whole generation of players. So, it's not just about those single notes and 'Is it sitting on that key? Or is that that?' It is really beyond that. So, you learn, and I learned more about that.
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