Guitar Quotes · Page 17

All the really good guitar players - Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or even Bert Jansch or John Martin - I love all…

— James Vincent McMorrow

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

— Paul Weller

I have about 50 guitars around the house. I can't take more than a few steps without finding one to pick up.

— Bill Mumy

I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.

— Courtney Love

My sister taught me how to use my voice, and my brother taught me how to play guitar.

— Sigrid

We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.

— Leonard Cohen

Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn't needed. What was needed was…

— Donald Dunn

In the camera business, you won't survive if you don't innovate. In the guitar business you may or may not. The guitars…

— Paul Reed Smith

I think a "song" is, like, just play it on the guitar and sing it. You look out and see thousands of…

— Andrew Wyatt

I always think, what type of 11th grader would I be if I was still at school? Or if I was home…

— Shawn Mendes

Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal…

— Bill Nighy

Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

— Anonymous

I'm trying to play guitar every day. I think I have a gift, and I've not been nurturing it for a long…

— Bucky Pope

I'm more interested in melodic things. I think the biggest challenge when you go to play a solo is trying to invent…

— Frank Zappa

I've always dabbled on guitar, but never took lessons.

— Adam Jones

I took lessons for about everything you could imagine - gymnastics to karate to flute and piano. My mom always definitely kept…

— Elle Varner

I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already…

— Joan Baez

I am Classic Rock Revisited. I revisit it every waking moment of my life because it has the spirit and the attitude…

— Ted Nugent

Slash is one of the greatest guitar players I've ever heard, and it's amazing when you hear about all the crazy stuff…

— Taylor Goldsmith

There was this big skiffle craze happening for a while in England.... Everybody was in a skiffle group..All you needed was an…

— George Harrison

I like the idea of becoming [fairly] good at lots of things rather than very good at just one thing. So it…

— Tom Hodgkinson

To have a man play guitar and sing to you is cool.

— Chris Harrison

A guitar solo in the same part of every tune - that's been done so much. I think solos shine more when…

— Frank Iero

Segovia was a Spaniard and it seemed natural that he should play the guitar.

— Julian Bream

I got a Magic Sam record, 'West Side Soul,' and that just ruined me. His voice, pure power, and then his guitar…

— Susan Tedeschi