Guitarist Quotes · Page 5

Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.

— John Mayer

Freddie Bryant is a brilliant young guitarist and composer.

— Kenny Burrell

I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

— John Entwistle

I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and…

— Israel Broussard

My mum didn't want me to really pursue music in the beginning, but I'm a classically trained guitarist because of her.

— Jax Jones

I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of…

— Oscar Isaac

Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make…

— Drew Houston

I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago,…

— Ian Anderson

I play a PRS Custom 22. I learned on a Custom 24. It was set for a country guitarist, so it had…

— Orianthi

When I was a kid, I was interested in folk music. But rock represented power, and I became the best rock guitarist…

— Billy Squier

[Loco De Amor is] a euphoric, melodic romp across the hemisphere... A joyful, fun musician's record from a really good guitarist

— Jon Pareles

I guess anybody who plays can say that they play guitar, but if you want to be a guitarist, you've got to…

— Jake Pitts

I've had the chance to watch Metallica's James Hetfield from the side of the stage night after night, listening to his monitors,…

— Zacky Vengeance

Of any guitarist, Jimmy Page was my biggest influence. I wanted to look, think and play like him. Zeppelin had a heavy…

— Alex Lifeson

An uninhibited, Chuck Berry devotee but experimented with and broke a lot of ground on feedback techniques and solid variations in tonal…

— Ted Nugent

Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like…

— Nick Cave

My band's motto is 'Yngwie or the highway.' Do you think Leonardo Da Vinci allowed someone who came later to add to…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I played with a band, and the lead singer would always introduce me as 'the 13-year-old lead guitarist.' I didn't want to…

— Julien Baker

I dont like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my…

— Johnny Marr

My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm…

— Josh Hartnett

I think that the more that you play and the more instruments you play and the better you get at them, then…

— Matt Skiba

I wouldn't say that I'm the greatest guitarist ever. I'd say probably that I'm the greatest guitarist sitting in this chair.

— Jimi Hendrix

Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around.

— Syd Barrett

A lot of blues guitarists play with only three fingers, and they can't figure out certain runs that require the use of…

— Ritchie Blackmore

Being a human being without forgiveness is like being a guitarist without fingers or being the diva without a tongue.

— Jimmy Santiago Baca

If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.

— Jerry Garcia

I'm not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn't come into…

— Jimmy Page

Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or…

— Joe Pass

You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.

— Smokey Robinson

Buckethead [former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist] is probably twice as good a guitar player as me and Slash combined, and can stand…

— Dave Mustaine

Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues…

— Miles Davis

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 was raised by my father, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player. His brothers all did the same thing,…

— William Singe

As long as you're excited about what you're playing, and as long as it comes from your heart, it's going to be…

— John Frusciante

I always lived with guitarists. When they would leave, I would just pick up their acoustic guitars and start doing finger picking…

— Lou Doillon

I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that's a strong character, the stronger the person…

— Jimmy Page

Of all the things that can frustrate a guitarist the most, it's the nagging feeling that he's not reaching a certain level…

— John Petrucci

...the blues appealed to me, but so did rock. The early rockabilly guitarists like Cliff Gallup and Scotty Moore were just as…

— Jimmy Page

I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to…

— Bonnie Raitt

If I could ask for any life, I'd like to be the lead singer and guitarist for Willie Nelson & Family. That…

— Todd Lowe