Everything I do starts on an acoustic guitar, with…

I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes.

— Richie Sambora

My dad has been playing guitar basically all his life. He's sort of who got me into rock music.

— Dylan Minnette

Like, when I write a song, the song comes first before production. Everything is written on an acoustic guitar so you can strip away…

— Taylor Momsen

When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, when it's really open and…

— Martin Gore

In certain ways I still feel like I'm finding my way. I feel pretty comfortable playing acoustic guitar and singing, but then I feel…

— Colin Hay

'Flying In A Blue Dream' was quite automatic. I was working on another song, and I took a break and picked up my acoustic…

— Joe Satriani

It all started in a local park in El Paso called Madeleine Park. At a ditch, a very small ditch, that everybody used to…

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

When we did the 'Skin and Bones' tour I didn't even own an acoustic guitar, I had to borrow one from my friend.

— Pat Smear

I practice on the acoustic guitar a little bit, but I think I have reached the peak of my talent.

— Tim Hudson

My first review in NOW Magazine - I played one machine, so I went to a soloist night, where everyone else played acoustic guitar.…

— Peaches

My first synthesizer was the VCS3. I got it in Bristol in the late Sixties, long before Pink Floyd used them. I had to…

— Jean-Michel Jarre

Much of the music I remember from camp was unofficial: the songs a counselor would play for us on acoustic guitar or that an…

— Carrie Brownstein

One thing I really hate about people who play both acoustic and electric is if they try to play electric style on an acoustic…

— Rory Gallagher

I learned tabla for three years when in school, then started picking up the basics of the acoustic guitar when in college.

— Anupam Roy

With my songs, the question is always, 'Can you pull it off live, alone on just an acoustic guitar?' That's the litmus test. If…

— Shawn Colvin