Guitar Quotes · Page 55

I probably spent more time as a kid playing air guitar to Jimmy Page than any other guitar player.

— Paul Gilbert

I don't feel like I deserve to have to do a guitar pull with four brand-new artists when I've sold millions of…

— Sara Evans

I have held Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock guitar and imagined what it would be like to play it, but that's the extent of…

— Paul Allen

Soon as I could play one guitar chord and laid my ear upon that wood, I was gone. My soul was sold.…

— John Prine

You shouldn't hear the guitar by itself. It should be part of the whole...You only notice the guitar when it's not there

— Freddie Green

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at…

— Joshua Homme

I just wanted to eat, to survive. I started singing a cappella in bars. I saved up money to get my first…

— Benjamin Clementine

I can play 'Guitar Hero,' most of the songs on Medium and some of the songs on Hard. No Expert.

— Ryan Hansen

[Some] times I'd have sound but no image. When Patti [Smith] was singing with her guitar, or doing something amazing with her…

— Steven Sebring

Most of my guitars have been instruments that look cool. I'm not picky. I never think, 'Oh, this neck isn't made of…

— James Hetfield

Forget about every other lesson in the book. You have to be able to tap your foot or else none of what…

— Al Di Meola

You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom…

— Charlie Worsham

In the studio, we sometimes will add bass or some other stuff, like more layers of the same guitar part that's already…

— Liv Bruce

My first guitar was like a campfire guitar. And it was left at a house that my family had moved into... and…

— Jimmy Page

The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be…

— Jonny Greenwood

Choosing an acoustic guitar for a live setting can be different from picking out one for recording. One doesn't always work for…

— Mat Kearney

After months of playing air guitar to 'Free Bird', what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix…

— Kirk Hammett

Once we get out on the road, my tour manager who is also my guitar player does a great job of taking…

— Cody Johnson

I used to go and do some sitting in with Robert Nighthawk when he were playing at the 708 Club in Chicago.…

— Junior Wells

Rock 'n' roll guitar came from blues guitar. It was the blues guys who first turned the amp up and started whacking…

— Steve Miller

There are two kinds of music. One comes from the strings of a guitar, the other from the strings of the heart.…

— Michael Jackson

I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,'…

— Rachel Boston

Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, 'Yeah, songwritin' man,' looking wistful.…

— Alex Turner

I don't mind when people are telling me about their 1971 Firebird, but it's the same thing as people telling me about…

— Jonny Greenwood

What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

— Andy Summers

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really…

— Doug Martsch

This guy told me that playing the guitar is the best way to calm you down. I bet he never tried smashing…

— Nikhil Saluja

I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.

— James Bay

I'm a terrible drummer; I almost cannot play the guitar nor sax nor trumpet.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

We're just musically and rhythmically retarded. We play so hard that we can't tune our guitars fast enough. People can relate to…

— Kurt Cobain

I started playing guitar when I was in my late teens, and within two years I was starting to play shows.

— Buzz Osborne

I knew Rocky George, the guitar player, 'cause I went to junior high school with him, so I've known him for many…

— Robert Trujillo

I have a sloppy style of playing guitar. A percussive style. Unique in fact.

— Sixto Rodriguez

When I first wanted to play guitar it was because I had seen Brian Setzer. He's so good! I mean I was…

— Kim Shattuck

When I was 15, I got super into Eric Clapton. My father took notice of this and got me a guitar for Christmas.

— Elias

I practiced two or three hours, sometimes none, sometimes six. It was very varied.

— Julian Bream

I love singing my own stuff, but I also love being a guitar player. Doing both keeps things interesting.

— Orianthi

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.

— Beck

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

— Eric Clapton

Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little…

— John Frusciante