Guitar Quotes · Page 53

I wanted to be the best guitar player in the world. And then my dad got me a portable recorder, so I…

— Ludwig Goransson

The guitar's not all that expensive either, when you compare it to gettin' a toothpulled or something.

— Merle Haggard

I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you…

— J Mascis

I went from wanting to be a Beatle to becoming a 'widdly-widdly' guitar player.

— Paul Gilbert

I used to listen to the Beatles and Stones, whereas Angus was more into the heavier stuff - Cream, Hendrix - with…

— Malcolm Young

I often think about my Music Man guitars being 100 million percent tailored to my needs as a player and how lucky…

— John Petrucci

I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar…

— Robbie Robertson

My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.

— Jeff Beck

... shortly before she died Janis Joplin gave me the Gibson Hummingbird she recorded "Me and Bobbby McGee" on ... Janis was…

— Sam Andrew

I was given all of my dad's guitars when he passed, and they were being stored at the house. My mother decided…

— Dweezil Zappa

My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland…

— Dan Auerbach

I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players…

— Ritchie Blackmore

I love to photograph the tools of one's trade: Duncan Grant's paintbrushes, the typewriter of Herman Hesse, or even my own guitar,…

— Patti Smith

I worship pianos like they are prize diamonds, and I never willfully do damage to them. But I grew up playing guitars,…

— Jamie Cullum

I started playing guitar, like, when I was 17 or so, but where I'm from, you just don't hear about people moving…

— Kip Moore

P.I.L. has been a favorite of mine since high school especially there metal box album. The guitarist Keith Levine gets some of…

— Marcel Dzama

I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like guitar lessons…

— Simon Cowell

How we approached this was I wanted this to be personal in a way. It's not a big, epic Hollywood score but…

— A. R. Rahman

Once, Pee-wee Herman tweeted a photo of this guitar I made that's shaped like a slice of pizza, and it meant a…

— Andrew W.K

We [with Rick Rubin] would focus on the ones that we did like, that felt right and sounded right. And if I…

— Johnny Cash

I like to sit in front of the computer, going through files of music, and recording the final vocals, guitars and what-…

— Jason Mraz

I played lead guitar in a band called The Federal Duck, which is the kind of name that was popular in the…

— Dave Barry

My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk…

— Joe Perry

I went into Guitar Center, and David Koresh and Steven Schneider were looking at a drum set, and they asked me to…

— David Thibodeau

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar.

— Pete Townshend

I take every lesson in the book: singing, acting, guitar, piano, jazz, organ and tap-dancing.

— Barbi Benton

I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at,

— Johnny Winter

Randy [ Rhoads] had small hands. Boy, could he play guitar. He became an even better guitar player after he died.

— Lemmy Kilmister

I tend not to write on guitar very often. I tend to start off with keyboards.

— Brian May

As soon as I had a guitar I loved it, and I started playing in every spare moment.

— David Rawlings

I would never say I 'play' guitar. But yeah, I play to write. Same with piano.

— Bibi Bourelly

I'm a decent writer, barely a decent guitar player, and a terrible singer.

— Bobby Bones

I'm a useless guitar-player. When I put myself in a band I immediately became its weakest part. I was like my forehand…

— Mats Wilander

The only time I made money was when I licensed my own solo guitar record, which sold maybe seven copies.

— Sasha Frere-Jones

I drove my Mum crazy, because I wouldn't go out and play football or join the Boy Scouts, I'd just sit at…

— Gary Moore

A violin is tuned to a fifth. But a guitar is tuned to a fourth with a one-third middle. It is very…

— Julian Bream

The lute is tuned differently than the guitar and of course it has many more strings.

— Julian Bream

Usually what I do is I write my vocal melody over guitar parts and then I come up with lyrics.

— Hope Sandoval

I was the only kid reading guitar magazines at the back of the classroom.

— Orianthi

Barney Kessel is definitely the best guitar player in this world, or any other world.

— George Harrison