Guitar Quotes · Page 43

My first musical dream was to be a guitar player, and believe me, it's still in there.

— Kristian Nairn

I really love that type of music where someone can take a guitar or light instrumentation and a beautiful voice and can…

— Mark Lanegan

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

— Richard Thompson

I've been playing the guitar since I was twelve. If I had any other job apart from acting, that's probably what I…

— Naveen Andrews

I like the idea of having an old Gibson [guitar], but I don't have one. The Gibson has a different quality, but…

— Steve Young

I don't labour over my lead guitar solos; they're better just caught in the moment.

— Bryce Dessner

Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and…

— Keith Rabois

With the guitar I've suffered a great deal, but when I've had a good time, the suffering seemed worthwhile,

— Paco de Lucia

After going to a few Keith Urban concerts, I thought, 'I'd really like to learn how to play guitar.' I studied Keith…

— Chris Lane

I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling…

— James Hetfield

Learning the notes on the fretboard is key to any guitarist's development on the instrument, and [Guitar] Trainer HD is a neat…

— Bryan Beller

I have them a few minutes to absorb everything while I teased Ubie, who only had to recover from his near-death experience.…

— Darynda Jones

One of my songs was on a jazz station for awhile. It was a song that I wrote for a jazz sax…

— Trevor Donovan

I remember playing the guitar through the amplifier facing out the window of my house onto the street in the summer time…

— John Mayer

I could have probably gone on and still played the part of the guitar player of Limp Bizkit, but musically I was…

— Wes Borland

I've always loved the guitar. You see Jimi Hendrix playing the guitar with his teeth, and OK, you know you're never going…

— Michelle Ryan

Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van…

— Phil Anselmo

When I think of a lot of the players I admire, they could always play their parts without hiding behind distortion and…

— John Petrucci

I met my manager when I was 17, when I didn't have enough money to buy a set of guitar strings. There…

— Johnny Marr

I had my guitar at the set of 'Lost in Space' every day. I was the only one in the cast who…

— Bill Mumy

I think there are very few invisible musical instrument players out there who can claim the chops and sheer perseverance of Björn…

— John Hodgman

I think women were just accepted more as songwriters when they sat on a stool with a guitar and had scruffy hair.…

— Lisa Stansfield

After months of playing air guitar to 'Free Bird', what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix…

— Kirk Hammett

Bracelets with white symbols?” Michael made the question casual; in fact, he bent his head and concentrated on tuning his guitar, not…

— Rachel Caine

In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar…

— Ritchie Blackmore

My room is never clean. I play 'Guitar Hero' all the time and throw things around my room.

— Miranda Cosgrove

When you play the guitar, you don't have to say nothing. The girls would say something to you.

— Buddy Guy

It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge.

— Pete Waterman

If you want to have any success in politics, sing softly and carry a big guitar,

— Jimmie Davis

So many bands are like, 'I'm real because I'm dirty.' If you have money for guitars, you can afford soap.

— Pelle Almqvist

When I was six years old, Mom and Dad gave me a guitar for my birthday, and Daddy taught me the chords…

— Roy Orbison

I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.

— Carlene Carter

I don't see any rock stars playing an electric guitar from some new maker like you see in the acoustic guitar world.

— Paul Reed Smith

I'm trying to think about stuff like that: How can a show not be just a whining guy with a guitar.

— Justin Vernon

“Playing the guitar is all very well, John, but you'll never make a living at it.”

— John Lennon's aunt

In any moment, I guess we could whip out a guitar and start playing old school.

— Kyle Gass

I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time.

— Syd Barrett

I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught.

— Blackbear

Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive

— Les Paul

That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in…

— Syd Barrett