Guitar Quotes · Page 59

When people ask me if I have a boyfriend, I tell them it’s my guitar because, really, it’s what I love and…

— Michelle Branch

It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.

— Kirk Hammett

The harmonious efforts which our guitarists produce unconsciously represent one of the marvels of natural art.

— Manuel de Falla

I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere.

— Keith Richards

I wanted to be a drummer but my brother Iggor was better at it, so I took up guitar instead.

— Max Cavalera

You know what would be fun? Nobody wants to play Guitar Hero. But you can play the Beatles! You loved the Beatles!

— Amanda Hocking

My daddy left home when I was three and he didn't leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and…

— Johnny Cash

I started out on guitar when I was nine years old, and I started playing bars and stuff when I was thirteen,…

— DJ Ashba

Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play,…

— Dan Auerbach

I used to watch my father play the guitar and sing when I was a little boy. By the time I was…

— Trini Lopez

One of my earliest inspirations was the 'Allan-a-Dale' character played by Elton Hayes in the 1954 movie 'The Story Of Robin Hood…

— Denny Laine

You know how kids will wait outside after a gig and try to get an autograph from the band? I would do…

— John 5

The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get…

— Eddie Van Halen

The people I liked all told a story playing guitar. There are a lot of flashy guys out there I didn't like.…

— Susan Tedeschi

I got really, really sick with a spinal infection that put me in a hospital for a couple of months, and it…

— Robert Hunter

When we first started it was just Russell and myself and a guitar player, Earle Mankey, and unlike virtually any other band…

— Ron Mael

And at the time, for one of the few times in my life I didn't have a band, I just had myself…

— Bruce Springsteen

The first record I bought was a Carl Perkins record, because I saw him at The Festival at Sandpoint, Idaho. I loved…

— Josh Homme

I did all my guitar playing at my house. And then finally, I was throwing hay and stuff working in Stockton and…

— Chris Isaak

Maybe I feel like I'm writing songs that don't need to be saved or made more interesting by endless overdubs and studio…

— Robin Guthrie

When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as…

— Sam Hunt

Little things like making clothes, baking bread, cooking, even useless things like bird-watching, sketching flowers, playing guitar in the home - that…

— Tom Hodgkinson

I was 12 when I ordered my first guitar out of the worn and discolored pages of the Sears and Roebuck catalog.…

— Gene Autry

For 20 years I've been screaming at these guitar companies, saying, 'It's abnormal to put your arm around an acoustic guitar that…

— Dick Dale

I'm not a 'practicing' musician anymore. I played bass and guitar. I still pick up a guitar around the house every once…

— Scott Borchetta

The guitar has become a textural instrument rather than a lead instrument. And I think that's probably a good thing.

— Matt Bellamy

I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.

— Jensen Ackles

Sometimes it's hard for me to just be the guitar player and lose myself.

— Adam Granduciel

I get a kick out of just working, making people happy - whether it be in the movies or just playing my…

— Scatman Crothers

The very day I purchased it, I christened my guitar as my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra.

— Harry Chapin

If I were to have my own brand of guitars, they would have to be industructable.

— Pete Townshend

I had some music lessons and my mum played every instrument but the guitar.

— Brandy Clark

I'm still like an excited kid playing guitar in front of the bedroom mirror.

— James Bay

There's not many crazy guitar instrumentalists out there that put on a crazy monster show.

— John 5

When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.

— Miles Davis

Worship doesn't happen when a guy gets on a stage w/ a guitar. It happens when faith-filled eyes behold the glory of…

— Matt Papa

I first picked up a guitar at seven after watching Dad play at backyard barbecues.

— Cody Simpson

I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went…

— Colin Hanks

I love Vetements, but I tend not to wear on stage 'cause the sleeves are too long and I can't play the…

— Matty Healy

The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive.

— Colin Greenwood