I feel like guitar explains a lot. You can just listen to…

I will concentrate on playing guitar, on lyrics and on singing. I am a part of things; I am not the encompassing 'Smog.'

— Bill Callahan

When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the…

— Paul Weller

But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to the vocal…

— Krist Novoselic

I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and…

— George Benson

I learned how to play guitar by playing along to Jane's Addiction records and Smashing Pumpkins records, things you can totally hear if you…

— Chino Moreno

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

— Patti Smith

But you make me sing like a guitar humming . . .

— Neil Diamond

At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums... '…

— Robbie Robertson

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

— Pele

The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.

— Andy Summers

“Life is like a guitar, Strums it until your fingers bleed”

— Sumit Upadhyay

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

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

My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so…

— Kurt Vile

I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing, and you…

— Ric Ocasek