I've used Fender Strats with Marshalls since forever, though since I last played London, I've switched to my YJM Seymour Duncan pickups,… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I wanted to learn how to play guitar so I could smash it up and burn it. I was only a little… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I've been playing for aeons now, but way, way back, I remember Eddie Van Halen came out ,and I loved his playing.… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Using double coil pickups kills a lot of the guitar tone - you lose the acoustic mechanics. With my single-coils driven through… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I played drums, and when I first got a 4-track, I would put down drumbeats and then… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I think the singer in Pearl Jam should eat some Pearl Jam! He cannot sing to save his life! And the guitar… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
To get a feel for the right-hand picking technique, you have to let the pick 'fall' from string to string as if… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I don't work with anybody on the music, of course. But my God, some of the lyrics that other people have written… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
My fourth birthday, I was given a violin, and my fifth birthday, a guitar. I didn't start to play until I saw… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When I play guitar, it's automatic. I don't try to do something; I just do it. And it's already so ingrained in… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
... Ritchie Blackmore was a huge early influence on me, but after that I had to find my own way ... Johann… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
If I played something incorrectly, I whipped myself mercilessly. Whenever I made a mistake, I made sure that I would never allow… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When I was first getting into the guitar, I played it incessantly. I lived it, breathed it, ate it, and slept it.… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Steve Morse is a very good guitar player, but he's American, and he's using humbucker pickups. If you ask me, those two… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Every record store and record chain has folded; they don't exist. They do not exist. And the only two outlets that would… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Sweep picking is when the right hand sweeps down and up the strings in succession. But when you do sweep picking, one… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Because I write the music, I write the lyrics, I write the vocal melody lines - I write everything. Just because I… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I had my own label, Rising Force Records, and made records, but had them distributed to the chains, to the retailers, but… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When Alcatrazz played in Japan in early '84, the record label offered me the opportunity to do a solo album while continuing… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Every other guitar player was just copying other guitarists. From the time I was 13 up until 18, I practiced at least… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
If you look at somebody like Bach, he didn't need collaborators to write for keyboards, cello, violin or anything else. I feel… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
The business has changed dramatically from what it was even just a few years ago. Music isn't even distributed the same way… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
What I've done from the very beginning is play everything with extreme accuracy. I never said to myself, 'Okay, if I put… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
'Spellbound' has a lot of guitar playing on it, obviously, but I wanted to keep it with a more straightforward beat. It doesn't have… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
I didn't have to apply my mind to the aspects of scales and playing, and instead, I focused on creativity. I wrote music, but… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
I am convinced that there are few, if any, American people that could even start believing or understanding what living in a socialist country… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway. — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
I'd rather have people dislike my style than change it. If someone says, 'Hey, Yngwie, you play too damn much,' I don't care. They… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
A lot of people don't know this, but I started out as a blues-based player, and then, when I realized after playing 18 hours… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
I listened to all those blues records. They were great - Clapton, John Mayall. Then eventually I heard Genesis with Peter Gabriel, and I… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television the day… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the day he… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
When I was a kid, I played drums, and when I first got a 4-track, I would put down drumbeats and then do the… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
To get a feel for the right-hand picking technique, you have to let the pick 'fall' from string to string as if you were… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
I emigrated to the U.S. on February 3, 1983, when I was 19 years old. I joined Steeler right away and recorded the album… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
Sweep picking is when the right hand sweeps down and up the strings in succession. But when you do sweep picking, one note rings… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
I've always been heavily influenced by classical music, mostly by baroque music. — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share
