I much rather coach a string quartet in an interpretation of Haydn or Beethoven than to teach the guitar. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The guitar was not treated very seriously as a concert recital instrument. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
A violin is tuned to a fifth. But a guitar is tuned to a fourth with a one-third middle. It is very… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The lute is tuned differently than the guitar and of course it has many more strings. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The cult of the instrument is O.K. for people who are mad about the guitar. But I love music. The guitar is… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I practiced two or three hours, sometimes none, sometimes six. It was very varied. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
My father started me off on the guitar, and we learned classical guitar together. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I think that Bach has a very nice sound on the lute. But I find that what I want to do with… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
There is no piece of guitar music that has the formal beauty of a piano sonata by Mozart, or the richly worked… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
When I began playing the lute, in 1950 there were not too many lutenists around. I had to work hard, writing out… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Guitar was just a hobby, but it seemed to me that the instrument had possibilities, not least of which was that there… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Some specialist guitar music is not of the highest intellectual calibre, so I must make it sound as though it is. If… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Using modern guitar techniques and modern methods on an early instrument is not a very clever thing to do, because it is… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I do think there is a valid reason that Segovia commissioned the composers he did. He was very much a pioneer, and… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
My own style on the guitar grew out of my experience with the lute. I suppose some people might say I play… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
It is difficult to understand the fortunes of an instrument. There was music written for the guitar until the mid-19th century. Then… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
When I feel like improvising, I always improvise on the guitar, never on the lute. It's as natural to me as breathing. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Wanting to play the guitar was neither a wild dream nor a realistic ambition. It was simply inevitable. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
... I practice more than ever ... mostly scales and arpeggios ... and anything I can't do ... — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I was mostly self-taught on guitar and that had its benefits. It's a great thing to work through problems on your own. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Segovia was a Spaniard and it seemed natural that he should play the guitar. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
Some composers end up writing for the guitar as they would write piano music or, more often, harp music. It isn't the… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The guitar speaks for me and it says things - hopefully - for everybody that I play for. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I think Englishmen or Northern Europeans in general are more naturally attracted to the lute than to the guitar, which always seems… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The lute I use has 10 courses and 19 strings, which is quite a lot of strings and a quite different fingerboard… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I found I could speak through the guitar. Because you have the feel of the strings with both hands and it's up… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
In 1984, I was contacted by Michael Taylor, who had won a commission from a sponsor and decided he would like to paint a… — Julian Bream Copy Share
Ideally the performer has a special function. Which is to bring the listener to the edge of that experience and to open the doors… — Julian Bream Copy Share
A violin is tuned to a fifth. But a guitar is tuned to a fourth with a one-third middle. It is very perplexing to… — Julian Bream Copy Share
I found I could speak through the guitar. Because you have the feel of the strings with both hands and it's up against your… — Julian Bream Copy Share
Segovia was a Spaniard and it seemed natural that he should play the guitar. — Julian Bream Copy Share
Wanting to play the guitar was neither a wild dream nor a realistic ambition. It was simply inevitable. — Julian Bream Copy Share
Music has been my real solace. And that's why I play music. And that's why I'm so determined, or have been so determined to… — Julian Bream Copy Share
My father started me off on the guitar, and we learned classical guitar together. — Julian Bream Copy Share
The guitar speaks for me and it says things - hopefully - for everybody that I play for. — Julian Bream Copy Share
You have to be serious, and you must have a constantly inquiring mind. But I find it's new music that really stretches me, both… — Julian Bream Copy Share
Some specialist guitar music is not of the highest intellectual calibre, so I must make it sound as though it is. If it bores… — Julian Bream Copy Share
