Guitar Quotes · Page 48

I have no talent when it comes to pianos or guitars or any of that, even karaoke. For karaoke, I have to…

— Gabriel Iglesias

I still play that guitar. It's a Martin D-18 with a clear pick guard. I've played that guitar on and off my…

— Andy Griffith

I generally use a lot of analog instruments, a few synths from the '80s like the Roland Juno-106, and an old Fender…

— Gus Dapperton

I always have a guitar or ukulele in the trailer, and I write songs. That keeps me in an artistic mind-set.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I like to play music; play guitar - I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer.…

— Henrik Lundqvist

People are like, 'Why are you playing that five-neck guitar?' I want to hurt. I want to play.

— Rick Nielsen

I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldnt dignify it with the term band - get…

— Stephen Mangan

I don't consider myself a skilled enough instrumentalist to be able to create the atmosphere that I want with just my guitar…

— Thalia Zedek

With the second book, I didn't have an ideal reader in mind, as it developed quite out of my control, this detective…

— Viv Albertine

I used a baritone guitar with a very unusual tuning that became the body of the composition, while the classical guitar is…

— Lee Ritenour

I started out in a heavy metal band with a guy who could really play guitar, and I thought the only thing…

— Robert Pollard

My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I…

— Toby Keith

If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge…

— Pat Metheny

My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what…

— Brian May

Lots of kids when they get their first instrument hammer away at it but they don't realise there are so many levels…

— Gary Moore

I'm an actress, and I write, and I produce stuff. I have a guitar, and I have my knitting stuff. I have…

— Krysten Ritter

I love to learn, and I started doing a lot of studying of Spanish-style music and really started getting into it and…

— John 5

I have way too many hobbies. I play guitar, and my buddies and I record music in a studio in my house.…

— Riley Smith

For my 21st birthday, I think my mother wanted to give me a watch, or something, you know, some kind of traditional…

— Chrissie Hynde

In the United States, many people said you can't have folk music in the United States because you don't have any peasant…

— Pete Seeger

Whenever I start working on a song, I immediately try to forget everything, to empty my head. I try to approach it…

— Edge

Well, it grow together. It's like, first time I try to write a song is the first time I try to play…

— Bob Marley

When "Here Comes the Sun" started, what happened? No, the sun didn't come out, but Mom opened up like the sun breaking…

— Maria Semple

It wasn't until I moved to Nashville that I realized what an amazing community it is. It's the thing I've been missing…

— Sheryl Crow

I aim to inspire a bunch of female guitar players to get out there and take it seriously and never give up.

— Orianthi

When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time.

— Joe Satriani

I get up now at 5:30 in the morning. I practice the guitar for a couple of hours - I do that…

— Steve Lukather

Writing music and playing guitar was really what I wanted to do forever.

— Kris Allen

Just because I have a guitar, it doesn't mean that changes me. I still rhyme, I still sing.

— Lauryn Hill

Back in the Eighties, I used to write ballads on my acoustic guitar, so it seems very natural to me to go…

— Wayne Static

Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.

— Patti Smith

Slash is one of the greatest guitar players I've ever heard, and it's amazing when you hear about all the crazy stuff…

— Taylor Goldsmith

My guitar is my torch, my soul carries the flame. Make no mistake, I'm a true blues man.

— Big Bill Morganfield

I think a good guitar solo sounds so much better within the context of a good song.

— Gary Moore

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

— Tina Weymouth

We play loud electric guitar music, and we'd hope that that doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole.

— Ian MacKaye

I have played guitar since I was six but I started making music with Ben when I was 16.

— La Roux

I love the guitar for its harmony; it is my constant companion in all my travels.

— Niccolo Paganini

I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much…

— Ritchie Blackmore

For a female artist, it takes a lot more to be taken seriously if you're not sat down at a piano or…

— Dua Lipa