George Lynch: ahre my guitar interview

I saw you with Richie Kotzen and Paul Gilbert on the Guitar Generation tour. Are you a competitive person?
Absolutely. Most guitar players are. But it’s a friendly competition. It’s healthy. I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s and it was all about cutting heads, turf, and all that. Now that I’m much older I’ve mellowed out quite a bit. I still have that instinct but I temper it with reality. I thought when I was younger that I would be the world’s greatest guitar player someday. I was going to be Jimi Hendrix. (Laughing) Of course then reality sets in and you realize there’s millions of other guitar players, and there’s different flavors, and it’s all subjective. I have a certain sound and style and I’m content with that. As long as I just do what I do, I’m ok, as long as I’m at the top of my game and I’m playing well.
I technically cannot compete with Paul Gilbert. (Laughing) How many people can? It’s just not going to happen at my age and I’m not that disciplined of a guy that’s going to woodshed for six hours a day for years. I just don’t do that and I never will. I’m not that kind of player. I’m more of a seat of your pants kinda guy, just making shit up. I’m not sure what I’m playing. I just throw it out there and see what happens. Richie Kotzen is a phenomenal technical player as well so I had my work cut out for me. So what I thought on that tour was, “I’m more of the organic touchy-feely guy with some shred qualities.” That was my little niche I had carved out for myself. To be quite honest I didn’t put a lot of thought into it because I was involved in a record at the time, but it ended up being a lot of fun. http://sharemyguitar.com/blog/george-lynch-the-interview/?