Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
The original Byrds were very much Beatles-influenced, and then we gradually got our own sound. We started mixing things together more. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
One of my favorite albums is Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, 'At the Gate of Horn.' It was a really dynamic album,… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
My favorite guitar now is my Martin HD-7 because it's got everything. It's got the jingle-jangle thing from the twelve string, it's… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
I think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
...Scotty Moore plays one of the first really amazing riffs in rock history on Heartbreak Hotel with Elvis Presley ... it was… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar back in '56. I was a teenager, and guitars had just come in, and I had a thing… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
... Andres Segovia literally created the genre of classical guitar, which hadn't existed before around 1910. There was flamenco, which he borrowed… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
One of my favorite albums is Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, 'At the Gate of Horn.' It was a really dynamic album, almost like… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
... Andres Segovia literally created the genre of classical guitar, which hadn't existed before around 1910. There was flamenco, which he borrowed from, but… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist in it.… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
I think what makes the Byrds stand up all these years is the basis in folk music. Folk music, being a timeless art form,… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
I don't want to be an oldies act, kind of dragging around on the road just for the money. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
My favorite guitar now is my Martin HD-7 because it's got everything. It's got the jingle-jangle thing from the twelve string, it's got the… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
I think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model like that… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share
