Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time. — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
The first reason why I started to use the [electric] keyboard is because I really like the bending sound of the guitar… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
Later in high school, I met Hillel Slovak, who was the original guitar player of the Chili Peppers, and we became really… — Flea Copy Share Image
My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
There is a great book out called 'Everything I Needed to Learn I Learned in Kindergarten,' and I believe that everything I… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
I did all my guitar playing at my house. And then finally, I was throwing hay and stuff working in Stockton and… — Chris Isaak Copy Share Image
Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero. — Vivian Campbell Copy Share Image
It's hilarious, because my guitar has what's known as a tremolo bar or a whammy bar. And the whammy bar is probably… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I don't seek out knowledge when it comes to guitar playing; I like to let it happen naturally. — Jim Root 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
It became a bit of a challenge to make an album that is essentially quite alternative sounding, and has a lot of… — Will Farquarson Copy Share Image
Music is a big passion for me, and whenever we all friends get together we play guitar, sing songs and play games. — Ranvir Shorey Copy Share Image
I'm a singer-songwriter. So I play guitar, and I sing. Along the lines of, I guess you could call it, alternative rock. — Brandon Jones Copy Share Image
There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful. — Jason Reeves Copy Share Image
The expertise displayed by each musician is jaw-dropping and it's matched by their sensitivity and taste... Lizzy Hoyt displays equal mastery of… — Jim Sinclair Copy Share Image
One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a… — Tommy Emmanuel Copy Share Image
If we can inspire a kid to pick up a guitar - and less and less kids are doing so these days… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
I love 'Guitar Hero' because I love music, but I have no musical ability whatsoever. So I love a game that makes… — Marisa Miller Copy Share Image
When I first learned guitar - when I was 14 or 15 - I had an older cousin who showed me some… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I used to run home from school, pick up my guitar, and lock myself in my room and play. — Angus Young Copy Share Image
The very first proper play I did was 'Godspell,' and I played the guitar for it, and I had a small part… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument. — Steve Vai 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
More than any other instrument, the relationship between an acoustic guitar and a microphone is super-important. The kind of mics that you… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
We're so tribal in Britain about music. But my music - my guitar playing, the rhythms, et cetera - just express my… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
'Big Love' was originally an ensemble song, but it's done now as a single guitar piece. — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
One night I was standing on Third Avenue playing my guitar, when this big Irish policeman came strolling by, and stopped to… — Frank Stallone Copy Share Image
I may be taking a different approach, being a guy leading a band with a trombone, but if you take that out… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Some are skeptical. My mom thought the guitar was going to fizzle out in two weeks, that it was just a fad-and… — Jeff Beck Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar when I was 12, and I started getting into more metal, like Maiden and Metallica... Of course, as… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
Steve Morse is a very good guitar player, but he's American, and he's using humbucker pickups. If you ask me, those two… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I may make light of being a domestic terrorist, but if they can brand me a domestic terrorist and confiscate all my… — Bernard von NotHaus Copy Share Image
I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image