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Les Paul quotes: Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.

Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.

Les Paul quotes: No, working is what will keep you alive.

No, working is what will keep you alive.

Les Paul quotes: Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive

Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive

Les Paul quotes: I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working.

I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working.

Les Paul quotes: When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar.

When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar.

Les Paul quotes: It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

Les Paul quotes: If I have to go around telling everyone how great I am, then there's something wrong with my act.

If I have to go around telling everyone how great I am, then there's something wrong with my act.

Les Paul quotes: I never stop being amazed by all the different ways of playing the guitar and making it deliver a message.

I never stop being amazed by all the different ways of playing the guitar and making it deliver a message.

Les Paul quotes: I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound.

I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound.

Les Paul quotes: There are times when you want to go where you used to go and you can't go there.

There are times when you want to go where you used to go and you can't go there.

Les Paul quotes: When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only

When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only 6 or 7.

Les Paul quotes: Wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else

Wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else

Les Paul quotes: The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.

The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.

Les Paul quotes: The guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive

The guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive

Les Paul quotes: You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.

You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.

Les Paul quotes: We go in there and we work on altering those ideas and in many cases go in different directions.

We go in there and we work on altering those ideas and in many cases go in different directions.

Les Paul quotes: As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a guitar player, and my job is to go out there and play and entertain and do my thing.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a guitar player, and my job is to go out there and play and entertain and do my thing.

Les Paul quotes: To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any.

To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any.