Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool.

I didn't really feel like a girly girl. I didn't want to wear boob tubes and flared trousers and disco clothes. Then when punk…

— Kathy Burke

Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well,…

— Beth Ditto

I felt that when punk came out, it was overlooked.

— Marky Ramone

I admired punk because I came from a violent band as well. Especially in the first four or five years, we were very aggressive…

— Bill Ward

When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause…

— Robert Smith

When I was 18 years old, I came to Tokyo from my hometown, Ise, in the countryside. I'd always been really inspired by fashion…

— Hiroshi Fujiwara

When punk came along, it made perfect sense to me. I found it melodic. The Clash, Buzzcocks.

— Fred Armisen

It grabs me, but not as much as it grabs some of the other people that rave about them. With the Black Keys, I'm…

— Ted Nugent

Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I had some…

— Junior Brown

I do media every day I tour and the travel itself is a bit testing, so I don't get to do much gregarious activity…

— Ted Nugent

I Still Approach A Scene As One Would Approach A Guitar Solo. You Don't Exactly Know How You're Going To Phrase This Or That.…

— Johnny Depp

My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a…

— Slash

... I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time ... I'll never forget listening to my father (Bucky…

— John Pizzarelli

Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

— Anonymous

We're losing the whole point: music is not to impress people, music has to stand up on its own and guitar solos are nothing…

— Gary Moore