Guitar Quotes · Page 48

... I practice more than ever ... mostly scales and arpeggios ... and anything I can't do ...

— Julian Bream

I can't play guitar or piano. I can't even play dumb to get through TSA in the airport.

— Saint Jhn

I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the…

— Eddie Van Halen

I like a nice rumble on bass, openness on guitar and drums that breathe.

— Rory Gallagher

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

So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.

— Callie Thorne

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

At certain point, you realize it's easy to play music for the rest of your life: just don't sell your guitar. Maybe…

— Travis Morrison

You have to understand that the bass guitar is the party instrument. It only has four strings. If you see a bass…

— Keith Morris

I'll tell you, my dad played and sang, and it didn't take me long to figure out that playing a guitar was…

— Glen Campbell

My body is an object of work. That's why I think to be an actor is one of the most violent jobs.…

— Monica Bellucci

I'm so used to knowing what to do with an electric guitar and amplifier, but with an acoustic guitar, it's different, but…

— Lee Ranaldo

When I came to California, I came from such an upper scale neighborhood, I was so sheltered, but I always knew I…

— John 5

I can't remember the first song I learned to play on bass, but the first song I learned to play on guitar…

— Geddy Lee

Joe Walsh is somebody who... he's a writer, obviously, and he's a singer-songwriter, whatever, but at the end of the day, when…

— Robert Trujillo

I didn't start until I was 21, and most people I know were 13 when they had their first guitar - I…

— Chris Rea

So when I was working with Amy Winehouse on "Back To Black," you know, she had all these beautiful songs, incredibly well-written…

— Mark Ronson

I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who lie…

— Bruce Springsteen

You know there's a lot of guys on Nashville that were part of the Build-A-Bear program. Let's be honest. There are a…

— Jelly Roll

Sam [Phillips] wanted I Walk The Line up - you know, up-tempo. And I put paper in the strings of my guitar…

— Johnny Cash

Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been…

— Justin Broadrick

Summer camp was a place where I felt like myself that wasn't like school. There were no grades, we got to try…

— Lisa Loeb

I practice really hard, every day. I started that about 13 or 14 years ago; it's a discipline now. But the writing…

— John Fogerty

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

— Richard Thompson

Sometimes we'd just play acoustic guitar and try out the parts and make a library. We'd use a double cassette player and…

— Kate Pierson

It's not crazy to want to have certain songs be developed harmonically and still want to make noise with the guitar. And…

— Elvis Costello

The idea of strapping on a guitar and fronting a band has always scared me half to death.

— Josh Freese

If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.

— Patrick Carney

I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and…

— Al Yankovic

There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful.

— Jason Reeves

I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff…

— Ritchie Blackmore

I have a collection of ukuleles. I meant to graduate to the guitar, but I never did.

— Jacinda Ardern

From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles

— Pat Metheny

T's a good thing you learned to play the guitar so you have something to do while not getting laid.

— Anonymous

I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them.

— Mark Knopfler

Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take…

— Anonymous

I think with a lot of producers, they think computers can create the best drum track, or guitar track and it comes…

— Mitch Lucker

I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.

— Juliana Hatfield

I think the singer in Pearl Jam should eat some Pearl Jam! He cannot sing to save his life! And the guitar…

— Yngwie Malmsteen