I have tons of Telecasters but also about 50 Les Pauls, six or seven SGs, and a bunch of Gretsches. — John 5 Copy Share Image
Slayer just goes from generation to generation to generation, because it's just so great. — John 5 Copy Share Image
In my eyes, and in my opinion, the guitar is strong and powerful and will never die. — John 5 Copy Share Image
I'm still obsessed with Kiss. I'm still obsessed with Van Halen. I guess we don't change that much from being kids. Either… — John 5 Copy Share Image
I would hear Steely Dan on the radio all the time, and I listened to 'Aja' a lot. I mean, 'Black Cow'… — John 5 Copy Share Image
I started at such a young age learning every style of music, the country and the bluegrass and the western swing and… — John 5 Copy Share Image
When my parents gave me that first guitar, I became totally obsessed. I would stay in my room all the time with… — John 5 Copy Share Image
If you go out to dinner with a group of people, pay for the dinner at a nice restaurant, for the amount… — John 5 Copy Share Image
Steve Vai had a unique style of playing. Steve Vai didn't sound like anyone else: Steve Vai sounded like Steve Vai. — John 5 Copy Share Image
Jimi Hendrix is one of the main influences on why I wanted to play guitar. He really shook me. I think it… — John 5 Copy Share Image
I like records that are all over the place. That's why I think my favorite Beatles record was always 'The White Album.' — John 5 Copy Share Image
I love to learn, and I started doing a lot of studying of Spanish-style music and really started getting into it and… — John 5 Copy Share Image
You know how kids will wait outside after a gig and try to get an autograph from the band? I would do… — John 5 Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, I've been a Fender connoisseur. And to have my name associated with greatness like that, it's… — John 5 Copy Share Image
People don't buy music anymore; they're stealing it. But you can't steal a live show. There's no way to reproduce a real… — John 5 Copy Share Image
I'm a Telecaster connoisseur, and I love my Teles. I have one from almost every year since the very beginning, in 1950.… — John 5 Copy Share Image
I love instrumental guitar records, but I also understand that, as a listener, it can be difficult to get through a whole… — John 5 Copy Share Image
All my life, I've really enjoyed music: making music, playing it, and recording it. It's such a relief and a joy to… — John 5 Copy Share Image
I think there are so, so, so, so many things you have to be... to do this... you know, to keep going in the… — John 5 Copy Share
Jimi Hendrix is one of the main influences on why I wanted to play guitar. He really shook me. I think it was his… — John 5 Copy Share
There's not many crazy guitar instrumentalists out there that put on a crazy monster show. — John 5 Copy Share
When I was younger, I had a horrible flight. Horrible. It was well before I was 10 years old. So I always thought to… — John 5 Copy Share
Ever since I was a kid, I've been a Fender connoisseur. And to have my name associated with greatness like that, it's amazing. I… — John 5 Copy Share
I always play so many different styles that I don't think anything I do surprises anyone. — John 5 Copy Share
I love doing it. It's great. I love doing the sessions, 'cause you're kind of like in a different band every day. I used… — John 5 Copy Share
How it's been with me, it doesn't really matter what kind of music it is as long as it's good and catchy and I… — John 5 Copy Share
You can go pretty much anywhere in the world, and people know 'Beat It.' When I was growing up, you heard it everywhere. I… — John 5 Copy Share
All my life, I've really enjoyed music: making music, playing it, and recording it. It's such a relief and a joy to do what… — John 5 Copy Share
I always look for inspiration. If I find something that's inspiring, I'm so excited because it is very hard to find something inspiring. — John 5 Copy Share
