I grew up playing the guitar. I started when I was nine, and by the time I was nine and a half or ten, I was doing seven or eight hours' practice every day. I did two hours' practice at… — Joe Pass Copy Share Image
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… — Joe Pass Copy Share
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… — Joe Pass Copy Share
I grew up playing the guitar. I started when I was nine, and by the time I was nine and a half or ten,… — Joe Pass Copy Share
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… — Joe Pass Copy Share
Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything. — Joe Pass Copy Share
Using drugs didn't help me to play, all it did was to hang me up for about fifteen years. — Joe Pass Copy Share
I don't remember that I copied any guitar player note-for-note. But I remember copying Charlie Parker note for note. — Joe Pass Copy Share
