Guitar Quotes · Page 48

.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive

— Les Paul

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

— Mike Figgis

It's a guy thing, playing the guitar. Being a female and trying to go to the same auditions as the guys, it's…

— Orianthi

I was down with Lucinda Williams and Mary Chapin-Carpenter. We did an acoustic tour, just the three of us, three chicks and…

— Rosanne Cash

Well, harpsichord is kind of a big guitar, isn't it? I mean, it is plucked, after all.

— Mahan Esfahani

I wasn't thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time..

— Kurt Cobain

I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all…

— Eddie Murphy

Lately, I love creating ideas on my acoustic guitar. I sit in my living room for hours trying different chords.

— Martin Garrix

I play the piano a lot at home. I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play…

— Mick Taylor

You are working up to Mr. Fantastic Fiction levels of Zombie Expert, which is like playing Guitar Hero on some level that…

— Libba Bray

What people don't realize is that the so-called Seattle grunge scene grew out of several close-knit gourmet supper clubs - we would…

— Kurt Cobain

Being promoted as a bubble-gum type artist that has one hit and it's all over is not something I want to do.…

— Orianthi

Going onstage without my primary instrument is like being a guitarist and going up onstage with no guitar waiting for you. What…

— Son Lux

I use music as a tool for my own personal sanity, one might say. After a long day or something, I can…

— Michael Graziadei

I think I'm always writing, and I'm always working, and I'm always trying to be creative. It's just something that I do…

— John 5

That's the way I've always been, between the albums: For two- or three-year gaps I wouldn't pick up a guitar. And when…

— David Berman

I was 12 when I ordered my first guitar out of the worn and discolored pages of a Sears, Roebuck catalog. The…

— Gene Autry

I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as a fully…

— Ian Anderson

One guy can ruin an instrument. Jimi Hendrix, bless his heart - how I wish he was still around - almost inadvertently…

— Keith Richards

“He chose a guitar from one of the oak cabinets. Picking it with his calloused fingers, he squeezed his eyes shut and…

— Brenda Sutton Rose

I don't think I understood guitar rock as well as I probably should have. I don't think I understood bands like Led…

— Pete Wentz

I tend to prefer the band thing. I think playing solo is good for about 45 minutes. I remember when I was…

— Bill Mallonee

I'm coming into places with some people who just want to hear what I did before, with some people who want to…

— Beth Orton

When I'm at home or in the studio, I have a 1963 Martin. It's a D-28, and I love that guitar. I…

— Charlie Worsham

When I was about 12, I wanted a CD player for Christmas, but instead my parents gave me a really crappy electric guitar.

— Sam Endicott

51 Martin [guitar] sounded pretty good as new guitar. Martin has several levels of guitars now, and this one is pretty good.

— Steve Young

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.

— Robin Trower

I called Leo Fender, the dead guy, a dork. Now I'll never get an endorsement.

— Kurt Cobain

When I wrote the first album I had never played live before, and I'd never been on tour. So that was really…

— Amy Macdonald

When I'm not writing music, I'm playing guitar, or reading philosophy. So all I have left is just an hour or two…

— Richard Pinhas

I never really composed guitar solos. Id usually ask to run the tapes and Id go off the top of my head…

— Mike Campbell

You’re not going to suck.’’ ‘‘Not at the guitar, anyway,’’ Shane said, deadpan. Claire punched him in the arm. ‘‘Ow.

— Rachel Caine

I don't spend afternoons practicing my guitar to get better. I do read, though, to get inspiration for my lyrics.

— Mat Kearney

Around age 11 or 12, I started playing jazz bass. From there, I went to electric bass and then guitar, which I…

— Joshua Roman

It's not odd to be a female in a band anymore. It's not odd to be a girl carrying a guitar case…

— Nita Strauss

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

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living

— Lyle Lovett

If you put heavy, regular classic guitar strings on a baritone ukulele, it gets pretty low. It has a really nice, low,…

— Lou Barlow

I wouldn't say I'm a very technical [guitar] player. I'm more intuitive - it's always more about chasing an abstraction.

— Annie E. Clark

I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking…

— B. B. King