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I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed to play guitar. there's something - i don't want to sound ungrateful - but there's something very old-fashioned and traditional about it. you meet kids today whose grandparents were in punk bands, really. it's very old and traditional, but then, you know, so is an orchestra and so is the string section.
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Jonny Greenwood
I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed to play guitar. there's something - i don't want to sound ungrateful - but there's something very old-fashioned and traditional about it. you meet kids today whose grandparents were in punk bands, really. it's very old and traditional, but then, you know, so is an orchestra and so is the string section.
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