I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Doctor, if I put this here guitar down now I ain't never going to wake up. — Huddie William Ledbetter Copy Share Image
I know how to play the acoustic guitar, but I'm learning to play the electric guitar now. I'm sure it will be… — Harshvardhan Rane Copy Share Image
When I first wanted to play guitar it was because I had seen Brian Setzer. He's so good! I mean I was… — Kim Shattuck Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar when I was in my late teens, and within two years I was starting to play shows. — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
I knew Rocky George, the guitar player, 'cause I went to junior high school with him, so I've known him for many… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I have a sloppy style of playing guitar. A percussive style. Unique in fact. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I practiced two or three hours, sometimes none, sometimes six. It was very varied. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being… — James Iha Copy Share Image
I dreamed of having a Gibson. I had a cheap Kent - you know, a Japanese guitar - and then a Kanora,… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
I only wanted to play the guitar so I could write music. As soon as I learned my first three chords I… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
I've told older friends to pick up the guitar because it's a great way to express yourself. It's not all about making… — Cindy Wilson Copy Share Image
If You're going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if You're going to play the guitar,… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
I don't like the word 'rock star' or 'super star.' I am a guitar player, a songwriter who got lucky because I… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
I always liked the steel guitar. I also love the guys that play the bottleneck. But I could never do it; I… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
The guitar is a funny instrument because you have bendable strings and distortion - there's a potential for noise. It is more… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
Once I started to make the transition to guitar - because I was playing keyboards when we started the band - I… — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
On stage I have to be comfortable because I play guitar so I can't wear too much jewellery, it knocks against the… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
My dad had a couple guitars around, but he never played guitar. He just liked having them. I always would play around… — Everlast Copy Share Image
In a time when everything can be next day and ordered and put on credit and paid for, music to me is… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
Yeah, on the records, the guitars are made melodic, and I try to make it memorable. There's not much just wanking, to… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Hendrix was back there with a few of the others who were like my training wheels ... hearing him as a teenager… — Junior Brown Copy Share Image
When I was 15, I got super into Eric Clapton. My father took notice of this and got me a guitar for Christmas. — Elias Copy Share Image
I love singing my own stuff, but I also love being a guitar player. Doing both keeps things interesting. — Orianthi Copy Share Image
I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic. — Beck Copy Share Image
I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band. — James Bay Copy Share Image
We're just musically and rhythmically retarded. We play so hard that we can't tune our guitars fast enough. People can relate to… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
I'm a terrible drummer; I almost cannot play the guitar nor sax nor trumpet. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe. — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really… — Doug Martsch Copy Share Image
I just wanted to eat, to survive. I started singing a cappella in bars. I saved up money to get my first… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I can play 'Guitar Hero,' most of the songs on Medium and some of the songs on Hard. No Expert. — Ryan Hansen Copy Share Image
This guy told me that playing the guitar is the best way to calm you down. I bet he never tried smashing… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at… — Joshua Homme Copy Share Image
I have held Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock guitar and imagined what it would be like to play it, but that's the extent of… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
You shouldn't hear the guitar by itself. It should be part of the whole...You only notice the guitar when it's not there — Freddie Green Copy Share Image
Soon as I could play one guitar chord and laid my ear upon that wood, I was gone. My soul was sold.… — John Prine Copy Share Image
