"When I produce someone's record I have to remember it's their record..no matter what I bring to it..er, sometimes that's not too easy:) It is a responsibility made less easy by people I work with encouraging me to play guitar on their record...A soon as I start playing guitar on someone's record it inevitably starts to sound like me...not always a good thing."

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Source: Panic Rules!: Everything You Need to Know about the Global Economy. Book by Robin Hahnel, 1999.

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Robin Guthrie

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Robin Guthrie is a Scottish musician and producer, best known as the guitarist of the influential band Cocteau Twins, whose music explores themes of love and loss.

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