I wanted to learn how to play guitar so I could smash it up and burn it. I was only a little… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway. — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't… — Yngwie Malmsteen 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
When I grew up, there was no TV, nothing. The guitar could be my whole life. The kids today have Internet and… — Yngwie Malmsteen 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
My fourth birthday, I was given a violin, and my fifth birthday, a guitar. I didn't start to play until I saw… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Using double coil pickups kills a lot of the guitar tone - you lose the acoustic mechanics. With my single-coils driven through… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't realize that guitar playing is very much like singing or playing any of the glissando-type instruments -… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
What I've done from the very beginning is play everything with extreme accuracy. I never said to myself, 'Okay, if I put… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Every other guitar player was just copying other guitarists. From the time I was 13 up until 18, I practiced at least… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When I play guitar, it's automatic. I don't try to do something; I just do it. And it's already so ingrained in… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When I was first getting into the guitar, I played it incessantly. I lived it, breathed it, ate it, and slept it.… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I think the singer in Pearl Jam should eat some Pearl Jam! He cannot sing to save his life! And the guitar… — Yngwie Malmsteen 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 doesn't have… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I didn't have to apply my mind to the aspects of scales and playing, and instead, I focused on creativity. I wrote music, but… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I am convinced that there are few, if any, American people that could even start believing or understanding what living in a socialist country… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway. — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I'd rather have people dislike my style than change it. If someone says, 'Hey, Yngwie, you play too damn much,' I don't care. They… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know this, but I started out as a blues-based player, and then, when I realized after playing 18 hours… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I listened to all those blues records. They were great - Clapton, John Mayall. Then eventually I heard Genesis with Peter Gabriel, and I… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television the day… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the day he… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I played drums, and when I first got a 4-track, I would put down drumbeats and then do the… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
To get a feel for the right-hand picking technique, you have to let the pick 'fall' from string to string as if you were… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
