Guitar Quotes · Page 42

I started getting interested in the notes that I could hear being generated when I hammered on while playing a classical guitar.

— Fred Frith

My father started me off on the guitar, and we learned classical guitar together.

— Julian Bream

I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.

— Lucas Grabeel

I don't see why I can't listen to Miles Davis and Slipknot in the same afternoon.

— Steve Lukather

But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take…

— Eric Clapton

I find it to be an ongoing challenge to keep the guitar from becoming too traditional.

— Edge

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

— Paul Weller

I have smaller hands, so it's nice being a littler guy, having a guitar that fits my body type.

— Brendon Urie

I was playing with the audience between takes. And the SNL' crew was like, OK, we see you.' I'm like, Dude, they're…

— Rege-Jean Page

I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for…

— Mac DeMarco

Lenny Breau was a genius - inspired and really loose. I loved how he used the guitar as an extension of his…

— Steve Vai

I have no skills! I can't speak French, I can't ski, I can't play the guitar... I can barely log on to…

— Elin Hilderbrand

Age isn't a barrier to playing the bass, and I've definitely improved over the years, although maybe I'm not as flash as…

— Suzi Quatro

I have a lot of guitars. Yeah, I'm not like a guitar collector, I don't have all vintage instruments. I don't even…

— John Petrucci

It's not like you're being fake, it's just the way you color it, like a guitar player uses pedals or different effects.…

— Kelly Hogan

It's cool to play the guitar, but to me it's even cooler to scratch a guitar backward and forward, to manipulate it…

— Diplo

I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who lie…

— Bruce Springsteen

It's amazing. It's actually build from old Siemens Telefunken transistors from the 60ties. There is like 10 in there. It's the most…

— Christian Fennesz

Argentina is a very interesting culture because unlike Europe and the US, they did not abandon rock and roll music, they did…

— Gordon Raphael

I didn't start until I was 21, and most people I know were 13 when they had their first guitar - I…

— Chris Rea

I can sit down at a piano or with a guitar and just chug away for hours and be perfectly content with…

— Tom Scholz

Americans have been good at improvising for a long time, but in the last few decades, we have gotten very sloppy about…

— John Medina

I was a kid that grew up listening to The Beatles and The Stones and Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton and Jeff…

— Joe Satriani

... there is still a very strong subculture of people who want to do great things on an instrument, and who are…

— Steve Vai

Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.

— Isaac Hanson

When I was very young, it was Guns N' Roses and Metallica. I'd play air guitar on my bed. They've been the…

— M. Shadows

Well, I have been playing electric guitar all these years and acoustic was something new to me.

— Gary Moore

Ask any guitar player - it's hard to feed yourself when you're picking for a living.

— J. J. Cale

I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school.

— Jimmy Page

Well, I think at first, songs were sort of the vehicle which allowed me to be on the stage and get to…

— Taylor Goldsmith

Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.

— Little Richard

Personally, I'm so intrigued by guitar effects pedals. To me they are like tattoos - once you get one, you want another.

— Tom Sandoval

My father had slowed down playing a little... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar…

— David Edwards

Currently I'm working with Parker Fly on a new Midi guitar to arrive next year.

— Adrian Belew

I actually write my own music whenever I have a chance. I play guitar and sing.

— Alexander Ludwig

I play mostly Gibsons. In fact, they have just given me a signature guitar.

— Lzzy Hale

I love playing acoustic guitar because I strum with my hands to feel more connected.

— Ananya Birla

I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music.

— Rokia Traore

A guitar is like a good women,touch her in the right place in the right way and she will move you in…

— Anonymous

In essence, I feel I'm more jazz guitar player because I write vehicles geared for improvisation.

— Allan Holdsworth