A horn has that voice quality, and an electric guitar can emulate that. But playing an acoustic, the notes don't sustain like… — Bill Orcutt Copy Share Image
... Charlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world... — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
If I had an axe on the evening at Newport when [Dylan] broke out the electric guitar, I'd have cut his cable. — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar… — Flume Copy Share Image
I've always loved the electric guitar: to hold it and work it and hear what it does is unreal. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
My main electric guitar belonged to Clarence White, the great guitarist for the Byrds. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
It took me a while to get an electric guitar and a bass and amps and stuff. Playing the acoustic guitar was… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I do the protest stuff. I do country and western. I play both acoustic and electric guitar in a lot of different… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C,… — Tommy Shaw Copy Share Image
My stepfather had an electric guitar. He went to his pawn store one day to get a guitar and an amp, and… — George Benson Copy Share Image
I know it is one of the most important instruments and inventions, the electric guitar, to me, since television or movies or… — John 5 Copy Share Image
I started playing bluegrass with my family, so there were the G, C and D chords. I was playing a Martin acoustic… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
As a guitar player, I've been influenced by dance music - it was Crystal Method and The Prodigy back in the day.… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
The use of electronics is a natural extension of the instrument - it is an electric guitar. So we guitarists have been… — Tim Brady Copy Share Image
“We feared that the music which had given us sustenance was in danger of spiritual starvation. We feared it losing its sense… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
When I was 15 years old, my cousin and I formed a singing group called The Altaires. And, because we became the… — George Benson Copy Share Image
I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as a fully… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
My dreams are always quite attainable, I wouldn't like to spend a lot of money on a car. I've got a mental… — Russell Kane Copy Share Image
Jimi Hendrix came on TV on this documentary and it was this African-American soulful black guy, playing an electric guitar, which I'd… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
There are some superficial things that connect me to the stream. There's instrumentation, there's timbre, use of electronics, the way that samples… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
The Marshall guitar amplifier doesn't just get louder when you turn it up. It distorts the sound to produce a whole range… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
If I were a 13-year-old and I wanted to create subversive art, I wouldn't go out and buy an electric guitar. I'd… — Thomas Dolby Copy Share Image
I'm lucky that my family is musical. Music was encouraged. So when I saw Carlos Santana play and decided to really pursue… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
I suppose I am a frustrated musician so I annoy my family by playing guitar in the house. I used to be… — Kevin McKidd Copy Share Image
We actually added an extra electric guitar to beef up 'Need You Now', but we haven't changed any of this 'Own The… — Dave Haywood Copy Share Image
I love five-string banjo. On an electric guitar, let's say a two-hour show, it starts getting heavy right across the neck and… — Hank Williams Jr Copy Share Image
I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to… — Jeff Beck Copy Share Image
The electric guitar was a big step for me, but I didn't spend a lot of time trying to adjust. It wasn't… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
I started guitar when I was like thirteen. I had a friend whose dad had an electric guitar. In sixth grade or… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
There are a lot of cases where I'm using, if not an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar more as a rhythm instrument.… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I just want to play like Jimi Hendrix. I love other forms of music and wish I could play classical piano, or… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
If it works for the piece of music, I'm going to use it. I don't want to be limited any more than… — Linda Perhacs Copy Share Image
What I think is cool about Fender, and what originally drew me to them, was the Fender electric guitar headstock, which I've… — Grace VanderWaal Copy Share Image
“Garcia had traded his Sears electric guitar for an acoustic model shortly after arriving in Palo Alto, and late that spring Barbara… — Blair Jackson Copy Share Image
I had no idea I would become a musician; I fell into it. First, I had a band called Fancypants Hoodlum. It… — Peaches Copy Share Image
The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I feel some allegiance to pushing electric-guitar music into a different realm, somewhere that isn't retrospective. There's a lot of guitar bands… — Jamie Hince Copy Share Image
My dad played guitar, and so there were always guitars kicking around the house that I was never allowed to touch. My… — Sam Palladio Copy Share Image
If the person who can effectively sanction ill-conceived wars can play the electric guitar, which is a symbol of rebellion, then that… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
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