That's the nice thing about being in Mr. Big, is I'm not only the guitar player. I'm the background singer, and so… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
The cult of the instrument is O.K. for people who are mad about the guitar. But I love music. The guitar is… — Julian Bream 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
Bass players usually play overhand, with their fingers. That's a carry-over from upright bass playing. My style is different because I came… — Larry Graham Copy Share Image
I learned how to play guitar by playing along to Jane's Addiction records and Smashing Pumpkins records, things you can totally hear… — Chino Moreno Copy Share Image
You have to understand that the bass guitar is the party instrument. It only has four strings. If you see a bass… — Keith Morris Copy Share Image
I'll tell you, my dad played and sang, and it didn't take me long to figure out that playing a guitar was… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm so used to knowing what to do with an electric guitar and amplifier, but with an acoustic guitar, it's different, but… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
My body is an object of work. That's why I think to be an actor is one of the most violent jobs.… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
You see, when I go on stage I perform with just a guitar and you have to have very strong material to… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
I bought a book with guitar tabs and forced myself to learn. I would go to school and then come home and… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
At certain point, you realize it's easy to play music for the rest of your life: just don't sell your guitar. Maybe… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
I started on drums when I was 13 and played them for two years. Then I went to guitar for a year,… — Tommy Bolin Copy Share Image
When I came to California, I came from such an upper scale neighborhood, I was so sheltered, but I always knew I… — John 5 Copy Share Image
The first album I ever bought was Santana's 'Abraxas.' Obviously, I was a huge fan of Carlos because he had the unique… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
I can't remember the first song I learned to play on bass, but the first song I learned to play on guitar… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
Joe Walsh is somebody who... he's a writer, obviously, and he's a singer-songwriter, whatever, but at the end of the day, when… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not… — Eddy Arnold Copy Share Image
I was really crying the morning after the indication. However I am over that now. Nevertheless, I am proud for it to… — Dave Wakeling Copy Share Image
My whole life is geared to play guitar. I play what I want when I want and I hope the listener gets… — Jim Sullivan Copy Share Image
If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana… — Gary Clark, Jr Copy Share Image
Things like guitars and ukuleles, you should never part with it, because there will probably be good, healthy times spent, just playing… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs… — Kristin Hersh Copy Share Image
If you mean do I use the guitar when I'm sitting at home writing stuff, then basically no, never. All I would… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
'Built This Pool' was an idea that I had for a song starting several years ago, and as we were in between… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself a serious guitar player, but I haven't been really worried about whether the public thought I was. That… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
There were drinks and food in full force, and some Moroi guy had a guitar out and was trying to impress girls… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
A guitar is a piece of wood, and if this piece is resonating in a period of 40 or 60 years, it… — Dave Genn Copy Share Image
So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line,… — Thomas Dolby Copy Share Image
My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Musicians always want to sacrifice our creativity to get involved in environmental issues or political activism of some sort - to reduce… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
I wrote, recorded and produced everything myself. I played the guitars and keyboards while the drums were programmed. As a producer, I… — Paul Wardingham Copy Share Image
If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar .. it doesn't have to be an expensive one… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
