Every song I write, including 'Too Close,' always starts on the guitar. — Alex Clare Copy Share Image
My center is not really my singing so much as my guitar playing. — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I worked with George Harrison - who was the reason I started playing guitar. — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards. — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
I'm very aware of what, say, electric guitar recordings in the '60s sounded like. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I forget that I can play guitar and that I can perform very well. It's like having an alternative life. — Tom Misch Copy Share Image
Like Paul Kraston said, all I ask in life is a water bed, a TV and a typewriter. Well, I'll just have… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were… — Tommy Bolin Copy Share Image
I get a feeling, on a guitar, and I sort of mess around until something resonates with me, and then I just… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
For me, theory has always opened things up to where I can walk into a room and just by hearing something I… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
Among the guitarists, Wes Montgomery is fantastic. He's always good to let you know what the art form is all about. It's… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I saw the Village as a place you could escape to, to express yourself. When I first went there, I wrote and… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
The first guitar I ever picked up was an acoustic black Fender, so it makes perfect sense that Elias plays Fender guitars.… — Elias Copy Share Image
I trained for the drums for about two weeks, and then rocking out in front of an entire crowd was sort of… — Devon Bostick Copy Share Image
The thing about me is that I'm very fortunate to have had the opportunities with Avenged Sevenfold in songwriting. I really think… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
I'd love to be in Paul McCartney's shoes for a day. I'd love to pick up a guitar and write songs like… — Tom Felton Copy Share Image
Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, 'Yeah, songwritin' man,' looking wistful.… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,'… — Rachel Boston Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of music. One comes from the strings of a guitar, the other from the strings of the heart.… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
You might pick up some influences from another type of music that you wouldn't normally think of, but, you know, maybe as… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
We're very much perfectionists, so when we're putting on a huge show and want to play to the best of ability, we… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
I grew up playing guitar and writing music, and I always wanted to be a songwriter and a singer and play the… — Trixie Mattel Copy Share Image
In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
In the morning I'd write these essays, anything that I'd feel like writing, and in the afternoon, I'd spend time with my… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
All I ever wanted to do was play the guitar; singing was a sideline. — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
