Roger McGuinn

But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

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I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

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I don't really collect guitars. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

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I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs on it. There's some finger picking on it. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

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Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

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Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

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The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

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Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

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Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

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