I wanted to be an actor, an astrologer, an astronaut; a lot of different things were going through my mind. But I… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
My sister played the piano. She's two years older than me, and I always wanted to play something. So my grandmother got… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Forty years ago, my life in music was substantially different to today. I went out every night with my guitar seeking a… — Christy Moore Copy Share Image
I've lived on my own since I was 13 and not been to school and brought a son up who's now 18… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
It wasn't a case of me sitting down and thinking, right then, what shall I do with my life? Airline pilot? Plumber?… — Tim Lebbon 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 was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight. — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm getting better, quote unquote, as a singer or guitar player. But I'm more comfortable in this particular space.… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
My D'Angelico is a jazz archtop guitar. That guitar was made for Glenn Miller's guitar player in 1939. It's a '39 D'Angelico… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly don't… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it.… — Bobby Womack Copy Share Image
When I used to write songs, especially on my own, it was just me and a guitar. — Nina Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Because somebody plays guitar, why does it mean they need a singer? Because people already have this image of things? No, I'll… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
The cello is such a versatile instrument. It can rock like the hardest rock guitar, and it can sing like the human… — Luka Sulic Copy Share Image
I know a few chords on the guitar, but I wouldn't be able do a show or even be part of a… — Jake Shimabukuro Copy Share Image
I was made to go to church and I heard the gospel songs, and every now then somebody would come through with… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
That's really important in a producer - a producer that can step up and play a keyboard, play a bass, play a… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
It hit the damn papers that I was being chased through the woods with dogs and choppers. I mean, who the hell… — Richard Betts 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 watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldnt dignify it with the term band - get… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
I wanted to play the piano, but my fingers weren't long enough, so I took up the guitar. — Antje Traue Copy Share Image
So it's more the musician in me that makes me stretch out and try different things more than anything. But, like a… — Lee Ann Womack Copy Share Image
I'm a very compulsive person, so I spend most of my time drawing or writing my diary, patching things up and carving… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
After Sleater-Kinney broke up in 2006 I had very little desire to play music. It took well over three years before picking… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I just think that the question of women in rock or women playing guitar, I just think it's such a non-issue, and… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
Right now, it hasn't affected my music other than the fact that I don't have time to write any of it. That's… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
Go on stage and stomp my foot on stage and play my guitar and sing my guts out because I love to… — Frankie Ballard Copy Share Image
I held out the painting of the cat and the snake. “It’s a cat and a snake,” Thoth said. Thank you, god… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I play mostly Gibsons. In fact, they have just given me a signature guitar. — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
The umbrella of jazz is so big and so wide . If you don't like saxophone, try a vocalist, if you don't… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
My guitar playing was born from playing in my teenage heavy rock bands. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many times I've had a friend tell me, in this tender and discreet voice, 'It's just you… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms. — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you don't need a $5,000 guitar - you need $5,000 worth of lessons. — Chris Smither Copy Share Image
I got it into my head that I had somewhat neglected the guitar, and then I did a record called 'Arena,' and… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
