--- title: "17 Guitar Years Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 17 Guitar Years quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Guitar Years sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/kenny-beats-15921_drums_i-played-guitar-since-i-was-9-years-old_2756945.jpg" --- > [I played guitar since I was 9 years old, drums since I was 11.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-beats/i-played-guitar-since-i-was-9-years-old-drums-since-i-was-11/) [Kenny Beats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-beats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/kenny-beats-15921_drums_i-played-guitar-since-i-was-9-years-old_2756945.jpg) > [Well, I have been playing electric guitar all these years and acoustic was something new to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/well-i-have-been-playing-electric-guitar-all-these-years-and-acoustic/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/gary-moore-11908_acoustics_well-i-have-been-playing-electric-guitar_882635.png) > [I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/i-played-the-guitar-for-ten-years-before-i-realized-it-wasn-t-a-weapon/) [Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/pete-townshend-2499_guitar_i-played-the-guitar-for-ten-years-before_1590552.png) > [I played the Spanish guitar for eight years, like flamenco.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-garrix/i-played-the-spanish-guitar-for-eight-years-like-flamenco/) [Martin Garrix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-garrix/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/martin-garrix-9967_eight_i-played-the-spanish-guitar-for-eight-ye_1835742.jpg) > [I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-always-use-the-same-guitar-i-got-this-guitar-years-and-years-ago/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/brian-eno-776_guitar_i-always-use-the-same-guitar-i-got-this_835862.jpg) > [I've been playing the bass guitar for almost twelve years and fretless for about nine, so I've got quite a bit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaco-pastorius/i-ve-been-playing-the-bass-guitar-for-almost-twelve-years-and/) [Jaco Pastorius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaco-pastorius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/jaco-pastorius-24965_bass_i-ve-been-playing-the-bass-guitar-for-al_1944527.png) > [I started out on guitar when I was nine years old, and I started playing bars and stuff when I was thirteen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-ashba/i-started-out-on-guitar-when-i-was-nine-years-old-and-i-started/) [DJ Ashba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-ashba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71c/dj-ashba-42596_bars_i-started-out-on-guitar-when-i-was-nine_2352884.jpg) > [I've played guitar for years, and wanted to play guitar, but we got halfway through the last one and realized we hadn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-farquarson/i-ve-played-guitar-for-years-and-wanted-to-play-guitar-but-we-got/) [Will Farquarson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-farquarson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/will-farquarson-55552_guitar_i-ve-played-guitar-for-years-and-wanted_2293535.jpg) > [I've actually been playing music ever since I was a young a kid. I got my first guitar when I was about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-harper/i-ve-actually-been-playing-music-ever-since-i-was-a-young-a-kid-i-got/) [Shane Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/shane-harper-34100_about_i-ve-actually-been-playing-music-ever-si_3168624.jpg) > [I used to play guitar years ago. It brought me a lot of pleasure when I was a teenager growing up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-bates/i-used-to-play-guitar-years-ago-it-brought-me-a-lot-of-pleasure-when/) [Kathy Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-bates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/kathy-bates-8711_guitar_i-used-to-play-guitar-years-ago-it-broug_1186171.jpg) > [I started playing guitar when I was 6 or 7 years old, and I think that, within a week of getting my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robby-benson/i-started-playing-guitar-when-i-was-6-or-7-years-old-and-i-think-that/) [Robby Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robby-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/robby-benson-37731_first_i-started-playing-guitar-when-i-was-6-or_3069299.jpg) > [I first picked up the bass guitar when I was twelve years old, and fooled around with it. By the time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mendoza/i-first-picked-up-the-bass-guitar-when-i-was-twelve-years-old-and/) [Mark Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mendoza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/mark-mendoza-60588_bass_i-first-picked-up-the-bass-guitar-when-i_821034.jpg) > [I first started actually playing guitar when I was eleven years old. I had some neighborhood friends who told me they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-robinson/i-first-started-actually-playing-guitar-when-i-was-eleven-years-old-i/) [Darren Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/darren-robinson-90885_actually_i-first-started-actually-playing-guitar_2756327.jpg) > [I had prostate cancer that, for me, was debilitating. I didn't touch a guitar for two years, but when I realized I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-montrose/i-had-prostate-cancer-that-for-me-was-debilitating-i-didn-t-touch-a/) [Ronnie Montrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-montrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/ronnie-montrose-23492_again_i-had-prostate-cancer-that-for-me-was-de_2600244.jpg) > [I started playing guitar back in '56. I was a teenager, and guitars had just come in, and I had a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcguinn/i-started-playing-guitar-back-in-56-i-was-a-teenager-and-guitars-had/) [Roger McGuinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcguinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/roger-mcguinn-13462_any_i-started-playing-guitar-back-in-56-i-wa_2316014.png) > [There is a great book out called 'Everything I Needed to Learn I Learned in Kindergarten,' and I believe that everything I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-bachman/there-is-a-great-book-out-called-everything-i-needed-to-learn-i/) [Randy Bachman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-bachman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/randy-bachman-16371_believe_there-is-a-great-book-out-called-everyth_2898389.jpg) > [There was a show in Germany called Beat Club, and they had a lot of bands playing live. And I had this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ottmar-liebert/there-was-a-show-in-germany-called-beat-club-and-they-had-a-lot-of/) [Ottmar Liebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ottmar-liebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/ottmar-liebert-57998_apartment_there-was-a-show-in-germany-called-beat_1293684.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guitar-years/#itemlist", "name": "Guitar Years Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I played guitar since I was 9 years old, drums since I was 11.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kenny Beats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-beats/i-played-guitar-since-i-was-9-years-old-drums-since-i-was-11/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/kenny-beats-15921_drums_i-played-guitar-since-i-was-9-years-old_2756945.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/kenny-beats-15921_drums_i-played-guitar-since-i-was-9-years-old_2756945.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/kenny-beats-15921_drums_i-played-guitar-since-i-was-9-years-old_2756945.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I played guitar since I was 9 years old, drums since I was 11.” — Kenny Beats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, I have been playing electric guitar all these years and acoustic was something new to me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary Moore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/well-i-have-been-playing-electric-guitar-all-these-years-and-acoustic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/gary-moore-11908_acoustics_well-i-have-been-playing-electric-guitar_882635.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/gary-moore-11908_acoustics_well-i-have-been-playing-electric-guitar_882635.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/gary-moore-11908_acoustics_well-i-have-been-playing-electric-guitar_882635.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well, I have been playing electric guitar all these years and acoustic was something new to me.” — Gary Moore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pete Townshend" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/i-played-the-guitar-for-ten-years-before-i-realized-it-wasn-t-a-weapon/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/pete-townshend-2499_guitar_i-played-the-guitar-for-ten-years-before_1590552.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/pete-townshend-2499_guitar_i-played-the-guitar-for-ten-years-before_1590552.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/pete-townshend-2499_guitar_i-played-the-guitar-for-ten-years-before_1590552.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon.” — Pete Townshend", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I played the Spanish guitar for eight years, like flamenco.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Garrix" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-garrix/i-played-the-spanish-guitar-for-eight-years-like-flamenco/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/martin-garrix-9967_eight_i-played-the-spanish-guitar-for-eight-ye_1835742.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/martin-garrix-9967_eight_i-played-the-spanish-guitar-for-eight-ye_1835742.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/martin-garrix-9967_eight_i-played-the-spanish-guitar-for-eight-ye_1835742.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I played the Spanish guitar for eight years, like flamenco.” — Martin Garrix", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. 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