Joan Armatrading

One of the reasons I enjoy playing the guitar is because it's a very tactile instrument. When you play the piano, you're stuck at arm's length. When you play the trumpet or saxophone, even though your lips touch the mouthpiece, it's still at arm's length. The guitar is one of the few instruments that you actually hug when you play. There's a close, feel-the-music kind of connection.

When I'm writing, what I enjoy is that I'll start a song on a certain acoustic, and the song itself will dictate if the guitar I'm playing is the right guitar for the song. I may have started the song on a 12-string, but the song will say, "Actually, no. I want to be on a 6-string guitar, and I …

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Publication information: Article title: Joan Armatrading. Contributors: Not available. Magazine title: Guitar Player. Volume: 38. Issue: 12 Publication date: December 2004. Page number: S3. © 1999 New Bay Media. COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group.

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