You know what would be fun? Nobody wants to play Guitar Hero. But you can play the Beatles! You loved the Beatles! — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I notice guys playing the piano playing a part up here and a part down there, and I wandered why couldn't I… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
I wanted to play the piano, but my fingers weren't long enough, so I took up the guitar. — Antje Traue Copy Share Image
Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it.… — Bobby Womack Copy Share Image
I don't touch electric guitars. It's just not my thing - I stick with acoustic guitars only. — Dave Matthews 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
My process is really about little bits of inspiration. I just record them really quick on the guitar or something. I have… — Tycho Copy Share Image
Basically, I try to let the song dictate what guitar I use. If it's a really loud, crazy song, I'll pull out… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I'm looking for anything interesting in the guitar playing, songwriting, artwork, and production. If you look at the stack of CDs on… — David Pajo Copy Share Image
I don't focus on one thing. I play guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, but I never stay on anything long… — Lou Barlow 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
What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of Wings Over America. It… — Alan Licht Copy Share Image
I've studied several guitar players and songwriters, mostly from Al di Meola to Dimebag Darrell, from Freddie Mercury of Queen to Kurt… — Mark Salling Copy Share Image
I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such,… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
When I became a parent and hit my thirties, I got my hands on an acoustic guitar. I started writing quiet, simple… — Withered Hand Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
The first thing that got to me was seeing David Bowie on a children's TV show, but Bowie was way beyond my… — Edwyn Collins Copy Share Image
“Quinn spoke their language—all mystery and inside jokes, scarred souls and statement shirts. It was a beautiful moment for him—in his element… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to emulate guitar. Especially when I'm playing the trombone, that's what I think about. Like, I listen to guitar… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I learned everything by ear and played all the different instruments. So then I was able to find a guitar. That was,… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Sitting around home I mostly play acoustic. I've got seven or eight guitars of various sorts, including a baritone. Sometimes at home,… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I was very pleased when PRS presented me with my SE Angelus acoustic, a beautiful guitar of stunning quality. It was in… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon. — King Khan Copy Share Image
I can't play the guitar, so the thoughts of playing one onstage at a festival makes me quiver, but I've been blabbering… — Aisling Bea Copy Share Image
If you give me a bass guitar and you ask me to improvise something, or even be with some musicians and follow… — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
Watching David write was inspiring to me. He was at his most content composing. Music floated from his mind and fingertips. He… — Angela Bowie Copy Share Image
Many people in the neighborhood liked hip-hop and house music, and I couldn't play that. You can't perform that on guitar or… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid… — Kip Pardue Copy Share Image
“Note to myself - It is time for me to start taking my guitar lessons. One of my neighbor's singing and guitar… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
When I started writing music on the guitar, it started off very folky because of my limited ability to play. It was… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
Too bad that Paul Ryan confessed to being a fan of Rage Against The Machine. By doing so, he not only begged… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that… — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
I just started playing guitar and started singing and started working on this act that I would call 'Don McLean' when I… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
The way I write music for other artists is the same way I write music for myself. I'll pick up the guitar,… — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
I started playing mandolin when I was three or four years old because I was too small to be playing guitar. As… — Ashley McBryde Copy Share Image
There are places in the Knobs where well just make stuff up at the end of a song. Maybe we wont end… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
One very important side of my playing lies in rhythm; I have a very percussive style. It's one I've developed with Dream… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I love five-string banjo. On an electric guitar, let's say a two-hour show, it starts getting heavy right across the neck and… — Hank Williams Jr Copy Share Image
