Guitar Quotes · Page 57

I have so much music that I do. Just like how a visual artist is always sketching something but they might not…

— Erykah Badu

I've always been fascinated with sound, since I was a little kid when my mother Dorothy Dean took me to my first…

— Mike Dean

There have been times when I've feared for my own well-being in the great scheme of things because, historically, the track record…

— Lindsey Buckingham

There were some initial instruments I had when I was young and made some trade-offs. Maybe a guitar I bought in a…

— John Petrucci

When I lived in a little flat in Pimlico in 1981, I'd write in the hallway. As you walked in, there was…

— Paul Weller

I want to see the guitar in a non-linear sense that encompasses tones, arrangements, songwriting, audio production, and everything else - you…

— Jim Root

Santana is the reason I play guitar - I studied his style so much, I actually wore out the video tapes.

— Orianthi

I've been singing my entire life. The guitar came to me later on down the road.

— Luke Combs

I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there…

— Don McLean

I want to make hip-hop that can use guitars and soul and jazz and just fuse it all together. And I want…

— Will Ferrell

I don't collect the way other people do. Some people collect rare guitars, like, 'I have a '54 Strat worth $50,000.' And…

— David Crosby

I listened to a battery radio, old country and pop stuff. Because I was singing all the time, my dad bought me…

— Glen Campbell

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to…

— Eric Clapton

There were a lot of different styles in the house - Motown, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, jazz - and my dad played…

— Robert Trujillo

It sounds boring, but I'm such a guitar junkie and a gear junkie. I'm always fiddling with my stuff. It's relaxing to…

— Frankie Ballard

I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.

— Waylon Jennings

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

“Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.”

— Amit Kalantri

I play guitar because I like to make loud noises. And the guitar is the coolest way to make a loud noise.

— Kim Thayil

The guitar is a funny instrument because you have bendable strings and distortion - there's a potential for noise. It is more…

— John Petrucci

I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the…

— Dweezil Zappa

I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out.

— Minnie Driver

I either write songs on guitar, or... I don't ever have a keyboard with me, but like, my keyboard on the laptop.

— Jay Watson

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

— Robin Trower

This is one of my favorite things about the Underground: the crashing of the cymbals, the screeching guitar riffs, music that moves…

— Lauren Oliver