Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.

Every character I get to play has some element of who I am, but there's no fun in playing yourself. At least, for me,…

— Octavia Spencer

My life has been an open book, really. Everybody knows everything about me.

— Rod Stewart

Women put ourselves through so much. Really, everybody does; it's not a gendered thing. I think all of us are always gonna be tortured…

— Keala Settle

Although I dig my guitar playing, I think it's kind of an obvious situation; I play what I want to play within my own…

— Pete Townshend

Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game.

— Gary Gygax

Playing well with others isn't all it's cracked up to be.

— Alafair Burke

Any time people are breaking outside the norm and playing something that isn't expected - that feels like punk to me.

— Tim Commerford

It's more fun playing someone who isn't just a bad guy.

— Martin Freeman

Playing is just about feeling. Playing isn't necessarily about misery. Playing isn't necessarily about happiness. But it's just about letting yourself feel all those…

— Janis Joplin

Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a…

— Slash

... another guitar player who had a tremendous influence on my life was Howard Roberts ... I'd listened to a lot of Tal Farlow,…

— Jeff Baxter

The Lounge Lizards were relating with a tradition and it was like I was playing within a musical context. The guitar playing stood out…

— Arto Lindsay

'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

I've never mastered the guitar. Either I was playing it, or it was playing me; it depends how you look at it. As a…

— Jimmy Page

I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I…

— St. Vincent