Guitar Quotes · Page 55

It took me a long time to accept the idea that the guitar can take the place of a singer.

— Paul Gilbert

I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.

— Rufus Wainwright

The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a…

— Keith Richards

I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig.

— Alvin Lee

What's the difference between a classical guitar and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.

— Faye Kellerman

Somebody's going to wake up and their job in life is going to be to make guitars. There are a lot of…

— Paul Reed Smith

People think of songwriting as a very personal thing: A guy gets up there with an acoustic guitar and he sings his…

— Craig Finn

Except for a few guitar chords, everything I've learned in my life that is of any value I've learned from women.

— Glenn Frey

The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for…

— John Oates

YouTube was always a secret space for me. I'd randomly post videos of me singing with guitar, or sometimes I'd post some…

— Clairo

Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I…

— Junior Brown

I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,'…

— Wynton Marsalis

I'm fine with being thought of as a guitar player, and if I can get any recognition or respect for doing that,…

— Paul Weller

After school, instead of going into the restaurant scene, I very consciously took my guitar around everywhere I could, to Irish pubs…

— Nick Gehlfuss

This is one of my favorite things about the Underground: the crashing of the cymbals, the screeching guitar riffs, music that moves…

— Lauren Oliver

I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar…

— Eddie Van Halen

I grew up playing the saxophone. I joined the jazz band in high school, but somewhere along the way I realized the…

— Chris Carmack

It's like I'll sit down and put my hands on the piano or the guitar, and then I'll hear a sound or…

— Beth Nielsen Chapman

Well, I've heard a lot of people, but I think I would say a Brazilian musician named Hermeto Pascoal was one of…

— Flora Purim

You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard…

— B. B. King

I looked at myself, and I just said, well, you know, I can sing but I'm not the greatest singer in the…

— Bruce Springsteen

Writing a song is like - you're writing a song all the time. It's just when it pops out. It's been there…

— Mick Jagger

There seemed to be a sense about Sarah [Harmer] even back then.She was obviously a quick study. I remember going to the…

— Gordon Downie

More of my friends were the kids in school that, like, skateboarded, or we'd just, like, play guitar in the garage. And…

— Khalil Rountree Jr

Link Wray and Gene Vincent… two of the greatest unknowns of rock 'n' roll.

— John Lennon

I loved playing the guitar and I knew I was pretty good at it, so that's what I wanted to do with…

— Ace Frehley

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.

— Sammy Hagar

I leave scientists mentally scarred, Triple Extra Large, Wild like rock stars who smash guitars...

— Inspectah Deck

If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go…

— Jimmy Cliff

Playing guitar, even just in my house, I was worried that my neighbors could hear me sound bad. It takes time to…

— Monica Barbaro

I actually love woodworking. I'm just getting into it. And I love playing guitar, I'm a big movie aficionado, and I like…

— Jordan Gavaris

Branching out to other genres - I think it's why people put me apart from other guitar instrumentalists.

— John 5

I did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.

— Bill Nighy

As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.

— Brad Paisley

I wrote 'Despacito' with my guitar, but where you can tweak a lot is in the production.

— Luis Fonsi

There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like…

— Matt Tong

'Ten' by Pearl Jam is still by far one of my favorite albums and is a big part of what inspired me…

— Mark Salling

I thought it was too 'glam rock' to practice. The problem is that now I'm a pretty bad guitar player.

— Laurent Brancowitz

Yeah, my very first teacher when I was 6 was a big influence, because it was so boring that I quit guitar.

— Paul Gilbert

I don't know how it got around that I play a lot of instruments. I really don't. I play the guitar and…

— Marty Stuart