Guitar Quotes

I play the guitar a little bit.

— Jim DeMint

I'm not a guitar hero.

— Jimmy Page

Let's play guitar 4 enjoying life…

— Naw Ley

I just rediscovered my guitar.

— Ben Gibbard

Every guitar has a personality.

— Jol Dantzig

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

— Patti Smith

Shut Up and Play your Guitar.

— Frank Zappa

I always liked the guitar sound.

— Lil Tracy

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

— Charley Pride

I hate to do anything halfway so I leave the guitar alone.

— Henry Mancini

It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.

— Robin Trower

When I sit down and play the guitar, I'm 20 years old again.

— J. J. Cale

Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those.

— Mayer Hawthorne

I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.

— David Duchovny

I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.

— James Vincent McMorrow

I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.

— Trey Anastasio

I did [picking cotton] from - until I was 18 years old, that is. Then I picked the guitar, and I've been…

— Johnny Cash

Most of our songs were written on acoustic guitar before they made it to the practice stage.

— Dave Grohl

When I was younger and played acoustic guitar music, I got a lot of Sheeran comparisons, along with guys like Paolo Nutini…

— Jack Garratt

I haven't learned anything new on guitar since high school. And I think it's time to learn something.

— Jill Sobule

Cool things happen. Ace's guitar flies through space, goes through a hole, and blows up. I throw drumsticks and they come flying…

— Peter Criss

Teaching the guitar is a constant source of inspiration. I sometimes think I get more out of the lessons than my students.

— Paul Gilbert

I don't know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I've toured with a lot of comedians and it's never…

— Eugene Mirman

My parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar lessons, and I…

— Lyle Lovett

Seeing my children makes me come most alive. I come home and I see my kids' faces light up when they see…

— Richard Patrick

Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that…

— Eddie Van Halen

Even though The Cure helped pioneer the jangly, dance-oriented guitar and keyboard style it continues to embrace, there are other bands that…

— Robert Hilburn

Pop music written in guitar band formation was really popular in the '70s, with Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan. We wanted to…

— Ellie Rowsell

When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big,…

— Robbie Robertson

I put together the idea for G3 because I felt isolated. The success of being a 'guitar hero' kept me away from…

— Joe Satriani

The cello is such a versatile instrument. It can rock like the hardest rock guitar, and it can sing like the human…

— Luka Sulic

The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room…

— Phil Anselmo

The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something…

— Jerry Leiber

I first started going to shows when I was about 16 - seeing local bands. I mean, I loved music before that,…

— Mac DeMarco

I was a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a…

— Joe Satriani

I grew up in a really bad situation; my father left when I was young - you know, an abusive situation. So…

— DJ Ashba

Instead of buying a guitar for $2,000 or $2,500 - I'm not sure how much these are going for - but it's…

— John Petrucci

And weren't, when you got right down to it, particularly evil. Human beings mostly aren't. They just get carried away by new…

— Neil Gaiman

I got it into my head that I had somewhat neglected the guitar, and then I did a record called 'Arena,' and…

— Todd Rundgren

Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with…

— T Bone Burnett