Guitar Quotes · Page 52

I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.

— Carlene Carter

I'm trying to think about stuff like that: How can a show not be just a whining guy with a guitar.

— Justin Vernon

I don't see any rock stars playing an electric guitar from some new maker like you see in the acoustic guitar world.

— Paul Reed Smith

I've been playing the guitar since I was twelve. If I had any other job apart from acting, that's probably what I…

— Naveen Andrews

I like the idea of having an old Gibson [guitar], but I don't have one. The Gibson has a different quality, but…

— Steve Young

I don't labour over my lead guitar solos; they're better just caught in the moment.

— Bryce Dessner

With the guitar I've suffered a great deal, but when I've had a good time, the suffering seemed worthwhile,

— Paco de Lucia

Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and…

— Keith Rabois

I got really, really sick with a spinal infection that put me in a hospital for a couple of months, and it…

— Robert Hunter

When we first started it was just Russell and myself and a guitar player, Earle Mankey, and unlike virtually any other band…

— Ron Mael

I play guitar; you'll find me at home strumming 'Vincent' on the guitar. I also read a lot of poetry, and Shakespeare…

— Dave Legeno

I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun…

— Kip Winger

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big,…

— Tom DeLonge

One of my earliest inspirations was the 'Allan-a-Dale' character played by Elton Hayes in the 1954 movie 'The Story Of Robin Hood…

— Denny Laine

Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play,…

— Dan Auerbach

I used to watch my father play the guitar and sing when I was a little boy. By the time I was…

— Trini Lopez

Rock n' roll was one thing, and then they chopped off the 'roll' and called it 'rock,' which became a sort of…

— Tom Petty

These days, my main guitar amps have been Magnatone. They're beautiful. Magnatones have actual tremolo, which I recently learned about guitar amps.…

— Ani DiFranco

Eventually as a teenager, I was pulled up on stage by James Brown's saxophone player, Maceo Parker, during one of his concerts…

— Wendy Starland

People used to say, "Clapton is God." That was a phrase that people attributed to him, and he was a guitar hero…

— Michael Angelo Batio

Jesus, music has always been my first love. I use music in my work because it's the fastest way to an emotional…

— Johnny Depp

I used a fifties Les Paul custom on most of the stuff. I also used a Strat, a newer Strat. I had…

— Tracii Guns

I hope our legacy will be enduring and that people think of us as an important band. But I think Ricky's guitar…

— Kate Pierson

The first thing that got to me was seeing David Bowie on a children's TV show, but Bowie was way beyond my…

— Edwyn Collins

My room is never clean. I play 'Guitar Hero' all the time and throw things around my room.

— Miranda Cosgrove

In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar…

— Ritchie Blackmore

I think the singer in Pearl Jam should eat some Pearl Jam! He cannot sing to save his life! And the guitar…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

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

— Sigrid

'Big Love' was originally an ensemble song, but it's done now as a single guitar piece.

— Lindsey Buckingham

I love to sing - whenever I am not on set, I am usually in my room jamming out with my guitar.

— Peyton List

When I have the opportunity, I want to perform the guitar live for my fans. Please expect that!

— Kim Tae-yeon

“That's the beautiful thing about innocence; even monsters have a pocketful of childhood memories with which to seek comfort with.”

— Dave Matthes

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.

— Jeff Cooper

I play drums and guitar. My best instrument is definitely drums, so I'm featured a lot on the album drumming. It's pretty…

— Justin Bieber

I think with a lot of producers, they think computers can create the best drum track, or guitar track and it comes…

— Mitch Lucker

I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.

— Juliana Hatfield

I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff…

— Ritchie Blackmore

I have a collection of ukuleles. I meant to graduate to the guitar, but I never did.

— Jacinda Ardern

From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles

— Pat Metheny

T's a good thing you learned to play the guitar so you have something to do while not getting laid.

— Anonymous