My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired…

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

Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and Ive been a guitar junkie…

— Johnny Marr

I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway.

— Yngwie Malmsteen

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars…

— Tom DeLonge

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.

— Beck

The more guitars we have onstage the better, as I'm concerned.

— Bruce Dickinson

I don't know what the outcome will be. I put a couple away for my grandkids, like that. So I don't know, who knows?…

— Guy Clark

I tried to make guitars that were close to what my heroes played. That's the way it's done. My experience is that you have…

— Paul Reed Smith

A man can’t have too many guitars or too many shotguns.

— Robert Earl Keen

Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust…

— Eric Clapton

I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent in any…

— Thomas Sangster

Things like guitars and ukuleles, you should never part with it, because there will probably be good, healthy times spent, just playing and writing.

— Eddie Vedder

I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.

— Nina Simone

I want a thousand guitars . . .

— Bruce Springsteen

I worked at a vintage guitar store, and the owner had ties with a lot of Japanese manufacturers and U.S. manufacturers that were beginning…

— Joe Satriani