If you're into what you're playing, that's the most important thing. — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means. — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I decided I would rather have a day job and love music than to play music that made me hate it. — David Torn Copy Share Image
All the great guitarists have a spirit-a way they play and don't play. — Eddie Martinez Copy Share Image
It's crazy how every guitarist is their own worst critic in many ways. — James Young Copy Share Image
I started learning to sing what I liked, to experience it in a visceral way. Then it's inside. Get rid of the… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
Reading a book about management isnt going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make… — Drew Houston Copy Share Image
Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm. — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
Most of my favourite guitarists are self-taught, because in a way there's less of a reverence for the instrument itself, so you… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
Even Angus says that Malcolm is a better guitarist than he is. He makes the drummer's job so easy, he's a metronome. — Chris Slade Copy Share Image
If you're stuck at piano and you're not a lead guitarist or a lead vocalist, you're kind of at a nine-foot plank… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Actually, I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry,… — Israel Broussard Copy Share Image
Some of the greatest guitarists, historically, have had no chops, they've just had great taste. I know a lot of musical school… — Kemp Muhl Copy Share Image
Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, I wasn't into fast guitarists. I preferred Peter Green's subtle touch. I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
The reality is each new day and each project is another opportunity to learn, experiment and try something I haven't done before.… — Jason Graves Copy Share Image
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the… — David Amram Copy Share Image
I really try to keep it hip-hop oriented. For me, that's high energy - people being able to dance, being able to… — Alexander Spit Copy Share Image
My ability maps my own writing. I haven't spent a whole lot of time biting licks from the really quick masters. That's… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
One of the main things I look for in a guitarist is in the sound itself. I go for a certain sound,… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by… — Eddi Reader Copy Share Image
When I listen to Airplanes record, it takes me back. I remember a lot of my thought processes when I was 20… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
I hired Bob at Terrytoons. He was my assistant animator, and then became an animator himself. He had just come from Boston… — Ralph Bakshi Copy Share Image
When I came to the States, I still wanted to be an electric guitar player. But moved to Santa Fe in '86.… — Ottmar Liebert Copy Share Image
Usually, no one quite knew where Django Reinhardt was going to be, but I met his brother and about an hour later… — Charlie Byrd Copy Share Image
The use of electronics is a natural extension of the instrument - it is an electric guitar. So we guitarists have been… — Tim Brady Copy Share Image
I started as a guitarist and couldn't find a decent singer, so I started providing my own vocals. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
First concert I ever went to was a group called The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton is the lead guitarist. — Ron Barber Copy Share Image
