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“I really wanted a guitar. As A little boy I used to tell people I was going to be a musician. They would humor me, and I'd make up thirty minute songs and drive them nuts.”

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Steve Young, born on October 11, 1961, is a retired American football player renowned for his exceptional skills and leadership in the sport. His career in the National Football League (NFL) was marked by significant achievements, including multiple Pro Bowl selections and an NFL MVP award. more

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“I grew up wanting a guitar, my family was very poor. When I was fourteen my mother bought me a Gibson ES 125 thin body. That was a bunch of money in those days - $125.00.”

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“Gibson ES 125 was a real instrument, this was in 1956. I started learning; I had a vision of a sound.”

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“I notice guys playing the piano playing a part up here and a part down there, and I wandered why couldn't I do that on the guitar?”

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“When was about 16 or 17, I was living in Beaumont, Texas and Carlos Montoya came to Lamar College. I went to see him and I didn't know what flamenco was. But when I saw him play, I was blown away that one man on one instrument could make all that sound. I'd learned a lot, but that made a big impact. I had intuition for it. In about three years I learned most of what I know now.”

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“I've refined it since [ was living in Beaumont, Texas], but I was just obsessed with the guitar. I remember one day sitting in class and it just came to me how the neck worked. I was enlightened to the scales, and the runs. I just saw it and thought; now I understand it!”

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“Seeing Syria remove Assad is a very high priority for America.”

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“I believe that Assad must go. I believe he will go. But I believe - we want to make sure that America has the relationships of friendship with the people that take his place, steps that in the years to come we see Syria as a friend, and Syria as a responsible party in the Middle East.”

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“One of the things that benefited me that anyone can learn is classical technique. That shows the orchestra that exists within the instrument.”

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“I was always drawn to the roots music, bluegrass, blues, early rock - Sun Records, Elvis [Presley]. And I still love that music to this day. Memphis never gets the credit. It's much more musically rich than Nashville ever will be. Nashville manufactured that hokey-hillbilly image way back.”

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