Guitar Quotes · Page 13

Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.

— Andrew Bird

My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.

— Page McConnell

My ideal travel companions are my surfboard, wetsuit, and guitar.

— Alexander Ludwig

I just started exploring the guitar and seeing where it would take me.

— Billy Squier

I'd like to know how to play the guitar.

— Mario Vazquez

I started playing guitar because of instrumental guitar music.

— Nita Strauss

I'm actively going out onto the porch and noodling around on my guitar.

— Jemaine Clement

I played all the guitar parts except the guitar solo on 'Beat It.'

— Steve Lukather

If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.

— Zakk Wylde

After playing for 40 years, I've been able to evolve the way I see the fretboard and how I hear the guitar…

— Paul Gilbert

I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.

— Rick Nielsen

If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.

— Jascha Heifetz

There's always more than one way to play the same notes because of the nature of guitar.

— Paul Gilbert

I don't touch electric guitars. It's just not my thing - I stick with acoustic guitars only.

— Dave Matthews

Some composers end up writing for the guitar as they would write piano music or, more often, harp music. It isn't the…

— Julian Bream

If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon.

— King Khan

I saw a band called The Electric Guitars, from Bristol. I described them to Roland, and he just started playing a riff…

— Curt Smith

I started playing guitar back in '56. I was a teenager, and guitars had just come in, and I had a thing…

— Roger McGuinn

You can play slide on any guitar, but to be serious about it you have a tough set of strings, otherwise you…

— Rory Gallagher

I was able to apply ukulele to whatever I'm trying to write. It's become part of songwriting for me, the knowledge I…

— Eddie Vedder

If I see a chick playing guitar, I'm drawn to that band immediately. I want to know everything, even if it's completely…

— Courtney Love

I found I could speak through the guitar. Because you have the feel of the strings with both hands and it's up…

— Julian Bream

When I was 5, I started taking singing lessons, and then, after 'School of Rock,' I started taking guitar lessons. I would…

— Miranda Cosgrove

There's such a wealth of arts and styles within the guitar... flamenco, jazz, rock, blues... you name it, it's there. In the…

— Jimmy Page

More of my friends were the kids in school that, like, skateboarded, or we'd just, like, play guitar in the garage. And…

— Khalil Rountree Jr

There seemed to be a sense about Sarah [Harmer] even back then.She was obviously a quick study. I remember going to the…

— Gordon Downie

Writing a song is like - you're writing a song all the time. It's just when it pops out. It's been there…

— Mick Jagger

I looked at myself, and I just said, well, you know, I can sing but I'm not the greatest singer in the…

— Bruce Springsteen

For us Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp is bigger than the music. It is very much an experience that brings a lot…

— Rob Halford

As a guitarist and a lot of the times as a singer, I don't feel that comfortable and you really feel that…

— Stephen Kellogg

I think maybe people see bands and musicians as some sort of superhero unrealistic sport that happens in another dimension where it's…

— Dave Grohl

It's like I'll sit down and put my hands on the piano or the guitar, and then I'll hear a sound or…

— Beth Nielsen Chapman

I'll never be the best guitar player.

— Chad Kroeger

My dad taught me to play the guitar.

— Noah Kahan

I just love music and great guitar players.

— John 5

There aren't too many female guitar players.

— Orianthi

Invariably, guitar players that go solo make really bad records.

— Richard Hawley

I can play the air guitar really, really well.

— Jessie J

The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown.

— Dick Dale

I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.

— Dan Fogelberg