I played guitar from the age of four or five. Every year there would be a slightly larger triangular box under the… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
My father had played the guitar when he was young, and my uncle Jack had worked for Kalamazoo, before the war, developing… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
I was given all of my dad's guitars when he passed, and they were being stored at the house. My mother decided… — Dweezil Zappa Copy Share Image
... shortly before she died Janis Joplin gave me the Gibson Hummingbird she recorded "Me and Bobbby McGee" on ... Janis was… — Sam Andrew Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar, like, when I was 17 or so, but where I'm from, you just don't hear about people moving… — Kip Moore Copy Share Image
P.I.L. has been a favorite of mine since high school especially there metal box album. The guitarist Keith Levine gets some of… — Marcel Dzama Copy Share Image
I worship pianos like they are prize diamonds, and I never willfully do damage to them. But I grew up playing guitars,… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
There was a lot of camaraderie among the bands. I remember a lot of times when I'd be driving up Laurel Canyon… — June Millington Copy Share Image
At night in the country, you'd be surprised how that music carries. You could hear my guitar way before you get to… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
I love to photograph the tools of one's trade: Duncan Grant's paintbrushes, the typewriter of Herman Hesse, or even my own guitar,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
There's just not a lot of guys around playing like that these days; a lot of steel players are plugging into stomp… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
So that's the challenge for me and that has always been the challenge - finding that melody, that riff, that thing that… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
When I recognised reggae as a part of my culture, listening to Chronixx and Protoje and their messaging, realising also that they're… — Koffee Copy Share Image
There's every other guitar player and then there's Chet. He transcended musical boundaries for more than fifty years. God only lays Chet… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me.… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I had a series of mini-breakdowns where the public persona - this thing, this face, this person who writes this music... I… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
If you'd asked me when I was six, 16, and 26, I wanted nothing more than to be a big, recognized rock… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
I remember first seeing Barney Kessel, in the 1940s, standing on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, in his cowboy boots, sun… — Anita O'Day Copy Share Image
I would think that the drumstick is probably pretty good. Because you can put that anywhere. If you are a strong guy,… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
My brother, who's ten years younger than me, worked with me in the studio when he was very young. He's a guitar… — Atticus Ross Copy Share Image
I'm basically a keyboard player, so if it's got a keyboard on it, I'll give it a shot. I played a lot… — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
For 'Narrow Stairs', the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs - songs we could sit in a room… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
Had an awesome time. You tell me to show up and all I have to do is drink beer, play guitar all… — Zakk Wylde Copy Share Image
I got my first real bass guitar in my hands when I was 14 - a 1957 Fender Precision, which is still… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
Obviously I don't play the same way as Peter, but I could do a passable imitation of Peter Green; if you gave… — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
My favorite guitar now is my Martin HD-7 because it's got everything. It's got the jingle-jangle thing from the twelve string, it's… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
All gut strings. That's just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, it's… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
At some point, I'd like to make a record that's more of a self-serving guitar album, because I really love to play.… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end,… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Guitar Hero has been so successful that a lot of people were questioning how it was possible to innovate on the most… — Dan Rosensweig Copy Share Image
I figured out how to get the guitar to rumble...I put it on the middle pickup, turn the tone know down, grab… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on… — Dan Hicks Copy Share Image
Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to… — Slash Copy Share Image