Guitar Quotes · Page 63

I've played hundreds of protests. I've marched on dozens of picket lines. I've strummed my guitar at innumerable demonstrations.

— Tom Morello

As I've grown as an artist, I've gotten more and more in touch with my center, and that center is voice and…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I have an electric Fender and a Telecaster. I have a Taylor and a Martin. I want to get more guitars for…

— Ross Lynch

I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word…

— Steve Earle

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

— Kirk Hammett

On 'Fuzz Universe,' I think I've taken a giant step closer to the ultimate rock guitar sound and playing of my dreams.

— Paul Gilbert

I love to be able to put my hands on a keyboard, to have a guitar and a bass within reach, as…

— Kevin Parker

I was always good at video games like 'Guitar Hero,' which require the player to press buttons at precise times.

— James Holzhauer

We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet,…

— Tennessee Ernie Ford

I also generally play slide guitar in standard tuning, which enables me to switch back and forth between using the slide and…

— Warren Haynes

On a more serious note, my challenges with hearing loss are certainly an interesting journey. The surprising upside is that my difficulties…

— Paul Gilbert

Almost 15 with music, we have so many guitars that we developed over the years. The latest one is 'The Majesty' guitar,…

— John Petrucci

Actually, because I'm so small, when I strike an open A chord I get physically thrown to the left, and when I…

— Angus Young

I grew up wanting a guitar, my family was very poor. When I was fourteen my mother bought me a Gibson ES…

— Steve Young

I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already…

— Joan Baez

Songwriting was definitely first. I started singing, and then I was rapping; then I went back to singing. As I was growing…

— William Singe

I usually start with a guitar riff or some little pattern of chords, and then I kind of go from there. Usually…

— Butterfly Boucher

Navigating with a partner makes it half as difficult. We keep each other in check. It's not like she [Angie Marr] was…

— Johnny Marr

Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle…

— Iron & Wine

I was in New York City and my sister and cousin came out to see me, and I brought a guitar on…

— Bert Kreischer

Anytime you go to see a band with a guitar player, there's always a fear of guitar overkill! That's a funny question.…

— Joe Satriani

Booker T. Jones sounds more pithy and forceful than ever on “Potato Hole”…Mr. Jones still jabs terse, unhurried melodies that sound as…

— Jon Pareles

A friend of mine introduced me to Thurston Moore because she thought I would like him. He was playing with the tallest…

— Kim Gordon

I don't really break into too many solos. But I've never been a super-big solo guy anyway. I like to make the…

— Mark Tremonti

I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out…

— Madeleine Peyroux

As a guitar player, you never stop learning, never stop honing your skills.

— John Petrucci

I love to play guitar and hack around. I was in a band when I was in high school. I never learned…

— John F. Kerry

I'm into playing guitars, not into figuring out what else goes on with them.

— James Young

I play guitar, and I'm a decent basketball player - people like to play on my team.

— Adam Pally

'Guitar Hero' was much more about us not innovating in a way that was appealing to audiences. It's not about oversaturating the…

— Bobby Kotick

Musically, I am still hooked and just hypnotized by the sound of the guitar itself. I mean, a guitar sounds good if…

— Leo Kottke

Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin

— Suzi Quatro

I think often times if a guitar riff is centered around the chorus or if it follows the chorus, then it often…

— Ryan Tedder

Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants.

— David Lee Roth

It's rare for me to sit in a room with my guitar and feel like I can't stop playing, because it just…

— Adrianne Lenker

I got this cheap guitar, and then I fell in love with it and basically put down the keyboard.

— Lzzy Hale

I suppose I am proud of what has gone on, after all I only ever wanted to play the guitar for a…

— Bernie Marsden

I was too broke to buy a guitar so I more borrowed guitars from friends.

— Ronnie Montrose

I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.

— Kaki King

Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier.

— Dick Dale