Guitar Quotes · Page 60

The heavy guitars are the ones that sound good. They are not that comfortable, but they do sound great.

— Neal Schon

All the guys I know that play guitar are also secretly drummers and vice versa.

— Mark Lanegan

He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.

— Chuck Berry

I am the Great White Buffalo and I play an American-made Gibson guitar that can blow your head clean off at 100 paces.

— Ted Nugent

I quite like to sing, actually - just belting out numbers with my guitar. I find that it's a form of tranquility.

— Jack O'Connell

The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.

— Andy Summers

When I first started playing guitar, I would sit in my room for hours and learn scales.

— Julien Baker

My mom was always driving me back and forth to guitar lessons, growing up. She was super supportive and probably my biggest…

— Chord Overstreet

I have to say, I do love the Ovation guitars. If I had one guitar to play, it would be that one,…

— Kaki King

I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you…

— Elizabeth Banks

I've only ever been in bands where I can be the punk rock guitar player in the band because that's all I…

— Pat Smear

When it's a funky uptempo song, you're basically having the same kind of release you would have when you have sex, only…

— Bonnie Raitt

If you really stop to think about it, the last really big guitar hero was Eddie Van Halen, and that was back…

— Rickey Medlocke

I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing…

— Dave Grohl

And, so, when I picked up the guitar, suddenly, just playing a couple of notes really, really spoke to me. It was…

— Slash

When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were…

— Andres Segovia

I wanted to be an actor, an astrologer, an astronaut; a lot of different things were going through my mind. But I…

— Joan Jett

It's a funny thing, my relationship with Deep Purple. I already felt the pain and confusion of trying to replace Ritchie Blackmore,…

— Joe Satriani

I do get labeled as a guitar band, but the only reason is that's the instrument I know how to play. The…

— Mac DeMarco

I'm a Christian, a wife, a mother, a homeschooler, a conservative, a citizen journalist, a talk radio host, an insatiable music nerd…

— Dana Loesch

The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something…

— Jerry Leiber

I first started going to shows when I was about 16 - seeing local bands. I mean, I loved music before that,…

— Mac DeMarco

Instead of buying a guitar for $2,000 or $2,500 - I'm not sure how much these are going for - but it's…

— John Petrucci

I grew up in a really bad situation; my father left when I was young - you know, an abusive situation. So…

— DJ Ashba

Obviously, a bass sounds like a bass and a guitar sounds like a guitar, but the way you play the guitar reflects…

— Paul Simonon

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

— Waylon Jennings

It's a great gig, really: getting on stage, playing the guitar, singing. For a living, it's super.

— Dolores O'Riordan

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

— Kim Thayil

I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.

— Ace Frehley

I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to…

— Julian Cope

When I was 13, I asked for a guitar. And that's how I really started explaining my point of view.

— Katy Perry

If I were to have my own brand of guitars, they would have to be industructable.

— Pete Townshend

I'm not a 'practicing' musician anymore. I played bass and guitar. I still pick up a guitar around the house every once…

— Scott Borchetta

I started out on guitar when I was nine years old, and I started playing bars and stuff when I was thirteen,…

— DJ Ashba

Sometimes it's hard for me to just be the guitar player and lose myself.

— Adam Granduciel

I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.

— Jensen Ackles

The guitar has become a textural instrument rather than a lead instrument. And I think that's probably a good thing.

— Matt Bellamy

I get a kick out of just working, making people happy - whether it be in the movies or just playing my…

— Scatman Crothers

The very day I purchased it, I christened my guitar as my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra.

— Harry Chapin

I first picked up a guitar at seven after watching Dad play at backyard barbecues.

— Cody Simpson