--- title: "8 Guitar Wanted Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Guitar Wanted quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Guitar Wanted sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/nick-gravenites-266126_antithesis_michael-bloomfield-was-the-antithesis-of_47823.png" --- > [... Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he wanted was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-gravenites/michael-bloomfield-was-the-antithesis-of-a-collector-he-didn-t-care/) [Nick Gravenites](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-gravenites/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/nick-gravenites-266126_antithesis_michael-bloomfield-was-the-antithesis-of_47823.png) > [I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-korner/i-wanted-to-be-able-to-play-guitar-i-wanted-to-be-able-to-make-music/) [Alexis Korner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-korner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/alexis-korner-30316_able_i-wanted-to-be-able-to-play-guitar-i-wan_193817.png) > [I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-dale/i-always-wanted-a-guitar-i-always-wanted-to-be-a-cowboy-singer/) [Dick Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-dale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/dick-dale-4450_cowboy_i-always-wanted-a-guitar-i-always-wanted_293458.jpg) > [My brother was very important to me. And he played guitar. So that's what I wanted to be. I wanted to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bootsy-collins/my-brother-was-very-important-to-me-and-he-played-guitar-so-that-s/) [Bootsy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bootsy-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/bootsy-collins-15524_brother_my-brother-was-very-important-to-me-and_582158.jpg) > [The guitar is something I always wanted to learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonita-gandhi/the-guitar-is-something-i-always-wanted-to-learn/) [Jonita Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonita-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/jonita-gandhi-6036_always_the-guitar-is-something-i-always-wanted_1837912.jpg) > [My father played guitar, so I always wanted to play for that reason. But I think the biggest reason was just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-antonoff/my-father-played-guitar-so-i-always-wanted-to-play-for-that-reason/) [Jack Antonoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-antonoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/jack-antonoff-3726_band_my-father-played-guitar-so-i-always-want_2864217.png) > [At that time there was, but they didn't have the guitar I wanted. There are only about 2000 people there and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freedy-johnston/at-that-time-there-was-but-they-didn-t-have-the-guitar-i-wanted-there/) [Freedy Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freedy-johnston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/freedy-johnston-59213_car_at-that-time-there-was-but-they-didn-t-h_2993414.png) > [My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-king/my-mother-was-a-very-beautiful-lady-i-thought-she-was-very-good-to-me/) [B. B. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/b-b-king-4531_beautiful_my-mother-was-a-very-beautiful-lady-i-th_3132812.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guitar-wanted/#itemlist", "name": "Guitar Wanted Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... 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