Every guitar has a personality.

Obviously, a bass sounds like a bass and a guitar sounds like a guitar, but the way you play the guitar reflects your personality.

— Paul Simonon

Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

— Dizzy Gillespie

My first proper 'Here's your guitar, Joseph' was a 1981 Chiquita, one of those Erlewine travel guitars. And it was good for a four-year-old…

— Joe Bonamassa

I like to be quiet and play guitar and just chill.

— Post Malone

There's a need for music that has urgency and emotional honesty. That's why people are reintroducing themselves to guitar music - that instrument has…

— Mura Masa

I took guitar lessons and recorded the song in New York. It was kind of a dream. I got to pretend I was a…

— Kristen Wiig

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

— Anupam Roy

I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.

— Lucas Grabeel

Bass guitar is the engine of the band.

— Suzi Quatro

That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.

— Joe Bonamassa

I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.…

— Megan Fox

Growing up in Dallas, my first influences on the guitar were T-Bone Walker and Les Paul. T-Bone taught me how to play lead guitar…

— Steve Miller

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

I remember people would talk about Country Music like it was this sexist, lame thing. Well, no, because Dolly Parton is writing songs and…

— Neko Case

I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh** out of my guitar.

— Joe Satriani