--- title: "8 Got Quotes By Roger McGuinn" description: "8 Got quotes by Roger McGuinn. Plus more from Roger McGuinn and more Got sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/roger-mcguinn-13462_always_i-always-got-a-kick-out-of-it-when-they_112314.jpg" --- > [I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-always-got-a-kick-out-of-it-when-they-called-it-the-california/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/roger-mcguinn-13462_always_i-always-got-a-kick-out-of-it-when-they_112314.jpg) > [My favorite guitar now is my Martin HD-7 because it's got everything. It's got the jingle-jangle thing from the twelve string, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/my-favorite-guitar-now-is-my-martin-hd-7-because-it-s-got-everything/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/roger-mcguinn-13462_bass_my-favorite-guitar-now-is-my-martin-hd-7_624075.png) > [When The Byrds started country-rock, we had no idea there would be such a thing. We were just trying to honor the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/when-the-byrds-started-country-rock-we-had-no-idea-there-would-be/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/roger-mcguinn-13462_clothes_when-the-byrds-started-country-rock-we-h_1382404.png) > [I was raised a Roman Catholic and had to go to the eight o'clock Mass every morning and have communion and wear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-was-raised-a-roman-catholic-and-had-to-go-to-the-eight-o-clock-mass/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/roger-mcguinn-13462_back_i-was-raised-a-roman-catholic-and-had-to_1821841.png) > [I got into computers back in the early '80s, so it was a natural progression of learning about e-mail in the mid-'80s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-got-into-computers-back-in-the-early-80s-so-it-was-a-natural/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/roger-mcguinn-13462_about_i-got-into-computers-back-in-the-early-8_2166230.jpg) > [I started playing guitar back in '56. I was a teenager, and guitars had just come in, and I had a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-started-playing-guitar-back-in-56-i-was-a-teenager-and-guitars-had/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/roger-mcguinn-13462_any_i-started-playing-guitar-back-in-56-i-wa_2316014.png) > [I've got an electric little motorcycle that I go to the supermarket with every day, and it's powered by the solar panels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-ve-got-an-electric-little-motorcycle-that-i-go-to-the-supermarket/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/roger-mcguinn-13462_carbon_i-ve-got-an-electric-little-motorcycle-t_2520120.png) > [The original Byrds were very much Beatles-influenced, and then we gradually got our own sound. We started mixing things together more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/the-original-byrds-were-very-much-beatles-influenced-and-then-we/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/roger-mcguinn-13462_beatles_the-original-byrds-were-very-much-beatle_2978714.png) ## Other authors on Got ## More by Roger McGuinn > [One of my favorite albums is Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, 'At the Gate of Horn.' It was a really dynamic album, almost like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/one-of-my-favorite-albums-is-bob-gibson-and-bob-camp-at-the-gate-of/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-always-got-a-kick-out-of-it-when-they-called-it-the-california/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [... Andres Segovia literally created the genre of classical guitar, which hadn't existed before around 1910. There was flamenco, which he borrowed from, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/andres-segovia-literally-created-the-genre-of-classical-guitar-which/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/now-you-can-just-get-a-laptop-get-some-software-put-a-microphone-on/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist in it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/that-s-one-of-the-things-i-like-best-about-folk-music-is-the/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [Im not attracted to expensive things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/im-not-attracted-to-expensive-things/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [I think what makes the Byrds stand up all these years is the basis in folk music. Folk music, being a timeless art form,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-think-what-makes-the-byrds-stand-up-all-these-years-is-the-basis-in/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-ve-always-loved-the-songs-of-the-sea-i-was-first-introduced-to-them/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-play-a-couple-basic-folks-songs-and-break-them-down-i-did-that-on-a/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [I don't want to be an oldies act, kind of dragging around on the road just for the money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-don-t-want-to-be-an-oldies-act-kind-of-dragging-around-on-the-road/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [My favorite guitar now is my Martin HD-7 because it's got everything. It's got the jingle-jangle thing from the twelve string, it's got the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/my-favorite-guitar-now-is-my-martin-hd-7-because-it-s-got-everything/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [I think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model like that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-think-the-good-thing-about-the-internet-is-to-give-something-away/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [I'm not attracted to expensive things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-m-not-attracted-to-expensive-things/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/but-in-my-imagination-this-whole-thing-developed-and-i-started-mixing/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) > [Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/leadbelly-s-guitar-is-in-the-rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/got/roger-mcguinn/#itemlist", "name": "8 Got Quotes By Roger McGuinn", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roger McGuinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-always-got-a-kick-out-of-it-when-they-called-it-the-california/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/roger-mcguinn-13462_always_i-always-got-a-kick-out-of-it-when-they_112314.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/roger-mcguinn-13462_always_i-always-got-a-kick-out-of-it-when-they_112314.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/roger-mcguinn-13462_always_i-always-got-a-kick-out-of-it-when-they_112314.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of…” — Roger McGuinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My favorite guitar now is my Martin HD-7 because it's got everything. 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