If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what… — Brian May Copy Share Image
Lots of kids when they get their first instrument hammer away at it but they don't realise there are so many levels… — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
I started out in a heavy metal band with a guy who could really play guitar, and I thought the only thing… — Robert Pollard Copy Share Image
There are no rules or certain methods. I usually start with the guitar or piano and sing melodies over the chords. The… — Jason Reeves Copy Share Image
Not playing guitar on 'World On Fire' gave me additional time to fine-tune lyrics and melodies, which improved the songs in the… — Myles Kennedy Copy Share Image
You've got to do something to fill up your day. And I can only play so much guitar and watch so many… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
My dad brings a deep-seated knowledge of the British folk genre, and a lot of my love for guitar playing comes from… — Joel Plaskett Copy Share Image
Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a… — Trey Anastasio Copy Share Image
My real interest in music was the old 78 records and the sound of the music. I loved it and began to… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really… — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
My dad was listening to me noodle around on the guitar in the house and sing, and he was like, 'Man, you're… — Walker Hayes Copy Share Image
I've actually had a melody on my guitar since the day I learned how to play it, back when I was 7.… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I play guitar quite a bit, because I'm always in search of something. I don't play to jam, but because I'm fishing.… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
I think you have to know exactly what you want. Whether you want to be a guitar player or a musician, you… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally,… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
I was pretty much into punk rock and that's all I cared about. I was into Green Day and the Ramones. I… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I gave a Collings dreadnought to a young guitar player in the Valley where I live because he didn't have a good… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
When they're singing the guitar lines of songs in South America? Never heard that before. And in Canada, when they're singing all… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
I think there'll always be a kid with a guitar with a song in his heart that's going to turn me on… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
I didn't start writing music until I was a sophomore in college. I would steal my roommate's guitar and sit on the… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
Any talk of 'craft' makes me laugh. My music looks outward; it does not gaze upon itself in admiration. Artisanal is for… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
I've always been an acoustic guitar player, and I've pretty much continued to play acoustic guitar throughout all of the Sonic Youth… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents… — Micky Dolenz Copy Share Image
I can't think of a greater guitar icon than someone who has the musical intellect to change what was there before and… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
Strum your guitar sing it kid Just write about your feelings not the things you never did Inexperience, it once had cursed… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
As a song-writer I have always written with one instrument - either guitar or piano - because I believe that if a… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
All I know is, I play the guitar, beat it out, and sing a song that has some damn resonance that we… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
If you take the riff from the song 'Cowboys From Hell' and really break it down, it's almost a hillbilly guitar riff:… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
Hendrix was a different kind of guitar player. It was like, 'Holy cow, this guy can sing, he can play all this… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
There are two types of session guitar players. One reads and only plays what the 'dots' say. The other adds that something… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I came from the last couple of years in a generation where we didn't have a computer around so we didn't waste… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
When I started writing songs for Temple of the Dog, I went to my room with my acoustic guitar, and I was… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image
My dad would always ask, 'How's the money?' but I was never interested. Millions came and went, stolen by the robbers in… — Donovan Copy Share Image
