Billy Idol
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And Keith was, I mean, he was just so great.
He was great for me as a guitar player.
We went to record the first album, and he afforded me the ability to at least try.
Because any other producer...
Because the first album ran the gamut.
There was a bit of like even Motown guitar things and I didn't know it.
But any other producer would have been on the phone after we leave.
Steve Lukather.
Let me get the session.
Keith never did that.
He always afforded me the time to like find my way.
Yeah.
If you're a guitarist and you admire the person you're working with,
That's all you need.
Just play the song.
Billy was always really good at first take, warts and all, doesn't matter.
Keep the energy, keep the element of discovering it.
There's a lot of guitar players, I can do it better.
And it was always like, don't lose that first initial idea.
That's what's good.