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Digital for storage and quickness. Analog for fatness and warmth.

- Adrian Belew

Digital, Analog, Quickness, Warmth

My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

- Adrian Belew

Work, Myself, Solo, Puzzle

King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.

- Adrian Belew

King, Will, King Crimson, Crimson

King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.

- Adrian Belew

King, Never, Like, Crimson

I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article.

- Adrian Belew

Over, Been, Elaborate, Article

The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other.

- Adrian Belew

See, Other, Once, Drawback

Currently I'm working with Parker Fly on a new Midi guitar to arrive next year.

- Adrian Belew

Fly, New, Next, Parker

We expect to keep our writing sessions going until late spring, then to play some new material in a few secret club dates. The record will likely take a long time and may not surface until 1999!

- Adrian Belew

Play, Some, Secret, New Material

I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.

- Adrian Belew

Year, Next, Next Year, Boxed

Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.

- Adrian Belew

School, Joined, Marching, Drummer

I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.

- Adrian Belew

Teaches, Plays, Instruments, Instructor

DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more.

- Adrian Belew

More, Songs, Demos, Recordings

For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant Talk which gave my elephant sound an appropriate place to live.

- Adrian Belew

Song, Which, Appropriate, Elephant

As you can appreciate over my lifetime I've developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.

- Adrian Belew

Lifetime, Over, Large, Requiring

I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

- Adrian Belew

Play, Taught, Wanted, Borrowed

I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder.

- Adrian Belew

Work, Everyone, Prefer, Quartet

I love drums and still play frequently.

- Adrian Belew

Love, Play, Still, Drums

Yes, but don't forget I also have the luxury of the worlds finest band when it gets lonely.

- Adrian Belew

Forget, Finest, Worlds, Luxury

I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with.

- Adrian Belew

Artists, Worked, Enjoyed

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.

- Adrian Belew

Sound, Left, Like, Urge

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