I'll tell you, what the world doesn't need is another Joe Bonamassa DVD. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
That's right, I take vocal lessons - done it for years. There's nothing wrong with it. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I love to collect guitars made in the 1950s. I like preserving and playing them. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I have a 1969 Grammer Johnny Cash acoustic guitar, and it's so inspirational. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I'm an acoustic guitar owner - in the sense that I own them, and they sit at my house, and I never… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I think having some life experience is helpful to play any kind of music. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I'm probably a more intentional acoustic player than I am an electric player because of lack of influences. I just play acoustic… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
There are good '59 Les Pauls, and there are not-so-good ones. There are ones that are just OK, that don't sustain as… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I've really gotten over pedals. I can't keep up with this craze of boutique pedals that make you sound like everything but… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I play acoustic when I need to play acoustic, and I say I'm probably a better acoustic player than I am electric. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck made me an Anglophile. I listened to English and Irish artists as a kid, and they were… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
There was a rumour that I was buying Gibson. It circulated around the Internet... And I just go, 'How well off do… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for guys like Gary Moore, I wouldn't exist. He not only proved that the blues could rock but it… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I went through a period in my life where I didn't have money to buy ramen noodles and peanut butter and jelly,… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
The first thing you realise very quickly when you decide to do an acoustic version of an electric song is your solo… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
The one area where I'll say that Hendrix is underrated was his ability to use chord melodies. He used different inversions of… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any music that you hear on the radio today that would be possible without Jimi Hendrix. Rock, blues-rock,… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Jimi Hendrix is a classic example of a player in which everything he did, it was all in his hands. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
A guitar is so tactile, and when you're playing bends - and bending notes is a big part of my style -… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, you really want to make sure that organic music, made by human beings, at least has… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
My first proper 'Here's your guitar, Joseph' was a 1981 Chiquita, one of those Erlewine travel guitars. And it was good for… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
One of these days, when I get tired of it all, I'll keep six guitars and the amps I'm using, and I'll… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
A guitar is a guitar. Whether it was made yesterday or 51 years ago, if it's good, it will stand the test… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I collect as many acoustic guitars as I need for a specific purpose. Acoustic guitars are really just tools for me. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I think what I do really well is that I can 'chameleon' myself into many styles at a very fast pace, sometimes… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
My first proper 'Here's your guitar, Joseph' was a 1981 Chiquita, one of those Erlewine travel guitars. And it was good for a four-year-old… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
I collect as many acoustic guitars as I need for a specific purpose. Acoustic guitars are really just tools for me. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
When you're 12 and, you know, slightly overweight and - for lack of a better word - white, and you're playing blues, you get… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
The blues, the way it's interpreted, is always a product of your environment, and so it's almost like food. You know, it's like you… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
At the end of the day, you really want to make sure that organic music, made by human beings, at least has a voice. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
If I'm soloing, I usually try to start with a theme, which will often stem from the blues. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
Greece was a muse. It inspired creativity in magical ways that I can't even begin to understand or explain. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
There was a rumour that I was buying Gibson. It circulated around the Internet... And I just go, 'How well off do you think… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
I love to collect guitars made in the 1950s. I like preserving and playing them. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
I've always been a big fan of taking old songs and completely turning them on their head. Having no adherence to the fine tradition… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
I dislike all those cookie-cutter Nashville songs. You know the ones: about tight jeans and pick-up trucks. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share
