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> [Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/guitarists-should-be-able-to-pick-up-the-guitar-and-play-music-on-it/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

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## More by Joe Pass

> [My father would say, 'Play a scale,' and I'd play one and he'd say, 'What about the rest? There must be one above,' so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/my-father-would-say-play-a-scale-and-i-d-play-one-and-he-d-say-what/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [Listen, listen, listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/listen-listen-listen/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [You can't think and play. If you think about what you're playing the playing becomes stilted. You have to just focus on the music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/you-can-t-think-and-play-if-you-think-about-what-you-re-playing-the/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/if-you-hit-a-wrong-note-then-make-it-right-by-what-you-play-afterward/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [I grew up playing the guitar. I started when I was nine, and by the time I was nine and a half or ten,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/i-grew-up-playing-the-guitar-i-started-when-i-was-nine-and-by-the/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [Learn everything you know in all keys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/learn-everything-you-know-in-all-keys/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [I'm a little tired. I haven't been out for more than five or six weeks in the States, and that's really a lot for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/i-m-a-little-tired-i-haven-t-been-out-for-more-than-five-or-six-weeks/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/guitarists-should-be-able-to-pick-up-the-guitar-and-play-music-on-it/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [Using drugs didn't help me to play, all it did was to hang me up for about fifteen years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/using-drugs-didn-t-help-me-to-play-all-it-did-was-to-hang-me-up-for/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [I don't remember that I copied any guitar player note-for-note. But I remember copying Charlie Parker note for note.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/i-don-t-remember-that-i-copied-any-guitar-player-note-for-note-but-i/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

> [If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pass/if-you-hit-a-wrong-note-then-make-it-right-by-what-you-play-afterwards/)

[Joe Pass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pass/)

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