“Playing the guitar is all very well, John, but you'll never make a living at it.” — John Lennon's aunt Copy Share Image
I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time. — Syd Barrett Copy Share Image
I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught. — Blackbear Copy Share Image
Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive — Les Paul Copy Share Image
Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct. — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in… — Syd Barrett Copy Share Image
I'm glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn't that difficult to do. I didn't take guitar lessons, but… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I'm recording. If I break one I'll just replace it… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
You can be in the band, you can go buy your own guitar strings at Guitar Center, you can go and do… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a guitar player and musician so badly, and I prayed to get this the very few times I… — John 5 Copy Share Image
I've always been singing all my life, but I started playing guitar when I was 19, and that was my final year… — Yuna Copy Share Image
I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug… — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
I saw 'Purple Rain' in the summer of '84, and, 'Spinal Tap' notwithstanding, it's the greatest rock & roll film of all… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I'm interested in creating a little sound world for songs, really crafting it, building it, and making it like a little doll's… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
In a typical day, I would wake up about 8 A.M., pile all my stuff into my mom's minivan - my guitar,… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
There are many excellent guitar players but I have to say Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are still at the top! There… — Merrell Fankhauser Copy Share Image
Write as you like, use the rhythms that come out, try different instruments, sit at the piano, destroy the metric, shout instead… — Violeta Parra Copy Share Image
I always loved to sing, and my mom was always doing musical theater, and my dad was always with his acoustic guitar… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
Those original, black, spirited, defiant, rebellious musical masters. Chuck Berry was one of the first masters of Les Paul's new electric guitar;… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I kind of grew up a guitar nerd and I tried to figure out how to shred on an acoustic guitar as… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image
I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Sometimes you cannot produce a specific sound you want with, say, a guitar or piano, and you simply need to use electronic… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
Anybody who's a guitar player that's spent that time with another guitar player, there's nothing better than that. — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments. — Tommy Shaw Copy Share Image
I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt. — Alexis Korner Copy Share Image
You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and… — Natalie Imbruglia Copy Share Image
A student might ask, how long will it take to learn guitar..., the answer is, as long as you live - that… — Philip Toshio Sudo Copy Share Image
When I was little, 4 or 5 years old, the first guitar I had was given to me by a blacklisted violinist… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I love to play guitar. I've never really been the type of guitar player that goes, 'I'll only play this style of… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
He never learned to read and a write so well but he could play his guitar like ringing a bell yell. — Peter Tosh Copy Share Image
My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and RB. — John Oates Copy Share Image
My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to… — Slash Copy Share Image
Mogami cable is durable and flexible enough to practically build a suspension bridge with but I'll settle for using it for my… — Dave Mustaine Copy Share Image
Because of my background, I never felt comfortable with these R&B divas, but I'd hate to be just some pensive girl with… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
Everything I do starts on an acoustic guitar, with basically, me sitting around in the dark trying to write a song. — Everlast Copy Share Image
I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
