Guitar Quotes · Page 52

I always had a love for the guitar, I grew up in Nashville, so you can throw a rock and hit a…

— Jelly Roll

Led Zeppelin is what made me buy my first electric guitar: the Jimmy Page guitar sound.

— King Diamond

The guitar was not treated very seriously as a concert recital instrument.

— Julian Bream

All my best girlfriends play guitar now, which is kind of a funny world to live in.

— Lola Kirke

Not the rich viol, trump, cymbal, nor horn, Guitar, nor cittern, nor the pining flute, Are half so sweet as tender human…

— Bryan Procter

It's much better to play the guitar a half hour a day, every day, than not practice for a week and then…

— John Petrucci

I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a…

— B. B. King

For the record, if I were Superman, a pale, scrawny guy holding a guitar would be Kryptonite.

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me.…

— Pat Metheny

I had a series of mini-breakdowns where the public persona - this thing, this face, this person who writes this music... I…

— Thom Yorke

I would think that the drumstick is probably pretty good. Because you can put that anywhere. If you are a strong guy,…

— Dolph Lundgren

I remember first seeing Barney Kessel, in the 1940s, standing on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, in his cowboy boots, sun…

— Anita O'Day

So that's the challenge for me and that has always been the challenge - finding that melody, that riff, that thing that…

— Steve Vai

There's just not a lot of guys around playing like that these days; a lot of steel players are plugging into stomp…

— John Fogerty

There's every other guitar player and then there's Chet. He transcended musical boundaries for more than fifty years. God only lays Chet…

— Marty Stuart

When I recognised reggae as a part of my culture, listening to Chronixx and Protoje and their messaging, realising also that they're…

— Koffee

The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet…

— Randy Bachman

I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is…

— Gene Kelly

The main reason for the break was a combination of travel and going back to university, which drew me into theatre more…

— Roy Montgomery

We had to sit in this courtroom in Reno for six weeks. It was like Disneyworld. We had no idea what a…

— Rob Halford

I got a new 4-track cassette recorder a year or so after high school. For a while I would just stare at…

— Petra Haden

When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar…

— B. B. King

I love playing rock music, man. You give me a guitar in my hands, and I go out there, and, for me,…

— Robby Takac

It's a cocktail-party circuit in D.C., That guy who couldn't master the guitar and get in a band and get laid, he…

— Dennis Miller

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

— Henrik Lundqvist

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've been playing guitar since I was 6 and then drums, bass, and piano since I was 10 years old.

— Bazzi

I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.

— Dolly Parton

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

— Joe Satriani

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

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

— Orianthi

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've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano.

— Elton John

I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I…

— Suzanne Vega

You're singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don't turn me on.

— Hank Williams, Jr

I'm a singer-songwriter. So I play guitar, and I sing. Along the lines of, I guess you could call it, alternative rock.

— Brandon Jones