My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I formed Humble Pie when I was only 18. We were one of the first 'supergroups,' with Steve Marriott of The Small… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
I'm on this eternal quest to get the best guitar sound in the world, but my vision of what is 'the best'… — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
Its just something Ive always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
To tell you the truth, I've never been really good at learning other people's stuff. I've been playing since I was 11,… — Mark Tremonti Copy Share Image
In the beginning of my career, I wanted to be chased by girls more than anything - that's why I got the… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich… — Steve Forbert Copy Share Image
My chosen instrument is guitar and, fortunately, I'm able to muddle through that. I can play guitar to the point where I… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I still like to play the guitar, but I rarely have anything to do with the music business these days. I mean,… — Steve Jones Copy Share Image
Making music is a lifestyle; go to the studio and sit in front of your computer, drum machine or guitar for 10… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me,… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I remember writing Sunday Morning' and Gwen wasn't feeling well that day and I had an acoustic guitar and I started singing,… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant… — Dweezil Zappa Copy Share Image
I don't know of a guitar player that has only one guitar. They're never happy with one. I'm never happy with just… — Les Paul Copy Share Image
I sit around for ages waiting for inspiration. Then when I get an idea, I want to go with it and get… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
There are a lot of influences from different countries in my music. For example, I chose the guitar in my music, I… — Paulina Rubio Copy Share Image
I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
An electronic instrument is just harboring a natural element the same way that a guitar is harboring an acoustic element. It's all… — Patrick Wolf Copy Share Image
When I am most successful as a guitar player is when I'm able to just sort of lose myself. You stop thinking… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
After leaving my old band, Invictory, my good friend Brayden Pierce asked me to play guitar for his solo project which evolved… — Tom Sandoval Copy Share Image
I was always listening to the records that made shredding sound fun - Steve Vai, Satriani, Cacophony, Paul Gilbert. I think that's… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
There were a lot of different styles in the house - Motown, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, jazz - and my dad played… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
There' something about universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere and it helps me reach… — Jim Croce Copy Share Image
I did not play guitar. I could tinker around on the ukulele, and that was about it. It was a real overhaul… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to… — Krist Novoselic Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beginning.… — Caroline Corr Copy Share Image
Ampeg made incredible guitar heads in the early Nineties and then stopped. And I don't know why. The one we used had… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I took piano lessons when I was really young, like five years old, and I didn't really enjoy that very much. It… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
What I love is when I play gigs, it's just me and a guitar - very simple, very direct and intimate, and… — Passenger Copy Share Image
If you are having trouble making a chord, get a book, that is how I learned. There are guitar tuning apps so… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I started out in the folk music world only because of the way my songs were written and performed, with just an… — John Prine Copy Share Image
The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
The SynthAxe enables you to achieve a whole world of sonic textures that you cannot get with a guitar. There was nothing… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
When I was in a band after high school and in college, I didn't even play the guitar. I played the bass… — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
When I first started playing guitar, everyone was playing Chuck Berry and B.B. King licks. I decided I was going to find… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
We're so tribal in Britain about music. But my music - my guitar playing, the rhythms, et cetera - just express my… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
I worked hard at that through most of the '80s, and in 1990 my house burned in New Hampshire, and my studios… — Tom Rush Copy Share Image
Charlie Christian played amplified guitar with Benny Goodman's quartet. He was the greatest guitar player that ever was. But he never looked… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
