My first instrument was the drums. Not quite sure why I quit and changed to guitar, but I'm sure my parents might… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more… — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
My mom and dad divorced when I was 8 years old, but my Dad never left my life. We would go over… — E-40 Copy Share Image
All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and… — Townes Van Zandt Copy Share Image
In Sonic Youth, at the end of 'Expressway to Yr. Skull,' we'd tap on the backs of our guitars to get this… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
A guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically,… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I think my favorite medium is music, with my main tools being my voice and a guitar. But I do find every… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
I actually played guitar before I played drums. And I always play guitar on the Slipknot albums as well, as well as… — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
And if the world does turn, and if London burns, I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar. I want to… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
What draws people to the instrument is the love for guitar players that play a certain way. I mean, even though it… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
I never wanted to play guitar when I was younger. I wanted to be a drummer because everybody plays guitar, and I… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Treat each guitar track-and each song-completely different. For example, if I'm using a certain amp and guitar on one track, I'll deliberately… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I've always looked for ways to inspire people, especially young people, to play guitar. When I first saw Fretlight, I immediately connected… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
Since I left Chicago, I'm a lone wolf. I put on the record player and sit and try to play on the… — James Cotton Copy Share Image
I created this picture of this character who would play the guitar effortlessly, who had no limitations, performing beautiful music, and he… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
We had a wonderful time with this kind of grunge awareness, where suddenly rock was cool again. People wanted to head loud… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
I waited until the end of the 'Behold Electric Guitar' recording sessions to record 'A Herd of Turtles,' as I knew the… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then… — Glenn Hughes Copy Share Image
I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
Say you’ll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won’t go. I’ll stay around here and play a guitar… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
... When it came time to hire a guitar player ... I didn't even have to think about it ... Mike Bloomfield… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I started teaching myself guitar because I loved singing so much. Then one day kind of out of the blue I found… — Kina Grannis Copy Share Image
While you're learning guitar, figure out the drums, too. Not only does it help you have great timing, but it helps you… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in singing. My sister's a fantastic singer, and it's just something that's always been around. I play saxophone… — Charlie Rowe Copy Share Image
I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Some bands today have the experience of really working together and honing their craft. And other bands are very much like, 'I… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
When I was about 15, I picked up the guitar and learned how to play by going through Beatles chords books. I… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
Nothing is as nice as plugging in your guitar and turning up the volume really loud, just seeing what kind of beautiful… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Inspiration and stealing are two completely different things. If somebody wants to make a song like "Stairway to Heaven" and writes a… — Robin Thicke Copy Share Image
Vocally, I had never taken a lesson when I put out my videos. It was just a lot of fun. I had… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
'Spellbound' has a lot of guitar playing on it, obviously, but I wanted to keep it with a more straightforward beat. It… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
It's cliche, but everybody says, 'We're all one song away,' and it's so true. The difference between me and the guy down… — Walker Hayes Copy Share Image
Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that… — Jules Shear Copy Share Image
I don't care how famous a guitarist is, he ain't learned everything. There's always somewhere to go, something to mash up, but… — David Edwards Copy Share Image
I can safely say that any band with a sentence for a name, 6 members or more and carefully combed to the… — Chris Reifert Copy Share Image
