“I've got no particular desire to play ten minute solos. Those were never valid anyway in my book -- never. It was just a cheap way of building up a tension in the audience…A solo should do something; it shouldn't just be there as a cosmetic. It should have some aim, take the tune somewhere. I'm not saying I can do it, but I try and take the tune somewhere.”

—  Jeff Beck

[Denyer, Ralph, The Guitar Handbook, 2002, 140, 0-679-74275-1]

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