Guitar Quotes · Page 65

I do very well with English, and I think I should do that more and take advantage of the versatility I have.…

— Nicky Jam

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the…

— Robin Trower

I have about 50 guitars around the house. I can't take more than a few steps without finding one to pick up.

— Bill Mumy

About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.

— Freddie Mercury

I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard…

— Oscar Isaac

I never saw myself as the classic singer/songwriter who sticks to his guitar.

— Bill Kaulitz

I'm enjoying doing research, to get better at the guitar, to get better at rhyming. That's an essential skill.

— Katie Melua

I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.

— Ace Frehley

Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask…

— Buddy Guy

Out of drag, I'm a white guy with a guitar, which isn't special. There are a million white guys with guitars. But…

— Trixie Mattel

Duane Allman might be my favorite guitar player ever. I'd say I'm influenced by the Allman Brothers more than any other band.…

— Coy Bowles

For me, anything can be music! I can get huge enjoyment and be moved totally by the purity and perfection of some…

— Steven Price

I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar – hide in the back and just play. But during…

— Kurt Cobain

I'm singing the way that I love to sing, which is like old soul, like old Al Green. I grew up about…

— Sheryl Crow

What I was drawn to the most about the Flying V was the weight distribution with the way I move on stage.…

— Grace Potter

Guitar music or rock n' roll or whatever you want to call it sort of goes away with trends, but it'll never…

— Alex Turner

One thing I've noticed over the years is that young players - I mean 10- and 12-year-olds - really like my guitar…

— Kirk Hammett

In the morning I'd write these essays, anything that I'd feel like writing, and in the afternoon, I'd spend time with my…

— Iggy Pop

I went to the zoo one day and saw a chimp playing with a beat-up acoustic guitar in a way I had…

— Eddie Van Halen

If I only have ten minutes, Sam, this is what I want to say. You're not the best of us. You're more…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Yes, of course, I've been dreaming about it since I was a kid. Even now, I'm 31 years-old now and I've never…

— Nita Strauss

A brilliant 1989 album, Oh Mercy; some career retrospectives; and two albums of American folk songs, with just Bob Dylan and his…

— Bob Dylan

I think it's a good way to sort of build your career and even when I was a young kid, I did…

— John Petrucci

I play a little acoustic bass and a little guitar. In our house there are instruments everywhere, and I love picking them…

— Martie Maguire

B.B. King will be remembered for his impressive skills on the guitar, that King defined the blue genre.

— Chris Matthews

I love when an artist can stand by themselves and play their guitar and hold a crowd, but I also love bells…

— Kelsea Ballerini

I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on…

— PJ Harvey

I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.

— Randy Houser

I was a late bloomer. I was a kinda shy little kid, definitely a child of the dark side. I wanted to…

— Yul Vazquez

I consider myself a songwriter... I guess the business end is my songs and the fun part is playing the guitar.

— J. J. Cale

If you learn classical guitar, you play Bach, and then John Dowland. He's the greatest. He's interesting for many, many reasons.

— Bryce Dessner

I always break three or four guitar strings per show and fling them at the audience.

— Eddie Rabbitt

I'd rather people interpret the songs and get whatever they can out of them instead of thinking about me crying in a…

— Angel Olsen

Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.

— Steve Vai

I'm an okay drummer, I'm an okay bass player, I'm an okay keyboardist, and I'm a quite good guitar player.

— Tobias Forge

“I tell you, just when you think you know someone, she shows up looking pretty and carrying a guitar.”

— emmy laybourne

I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.

— Robin Trower

I was a virtuoso of all the folk-blues guitar styles by the time I reached 17.

— Donovan

If I am feeling musical and I pick up the guitar, usually something will eventually come out and I'll see where it…

— William Fitzsimmons

Well I thought my pickin' would set them on fire, but nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

— Jerry Reed