I've always employed a melodic style with my leads, placing strong emphasis on infusing romantic sensibilities into what I'm trying to say.… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
I like people writing great songs on guitar or piano or what have you. I miss people getting on stage with real… — John 5 Copy Share Image
Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system; when you say, I'm not going along… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when… — Julian Lennon Copy Share Image
You go with what you 'get,' and I get playing the guitar. It's a challenge because it's not an easy instrument to… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
I dreamed of recording a guitar album since I started playing, but I just never felt ready. I never felt like I… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
I worked extremely hard at my craft and at being a good songwriter, being a good guitar player, being a good organist,… — Grace Potter Copy Share Image
Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Seeing my children makes me come most alive. I come home and I see my kids' faces light up when they see… — Richard Patrick Copy Share Image
Being a guitarist was scary, honestly, as a girl in Nashville. It just felt like no one was gonna ask me to… — Soccer Mommy Copy Share Image
When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big,… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
Pop music written in guitar band formation was really popular in the '70s, with Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan. We wanted to… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
Even though The Cure helped pioneer the jangly, dance-oriented guitar and keyboard style it continues to embrace, there are other bands that… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
The cello is such a versatile instrument. It can rock like the hardest rock guitar, and it can sing like the human… — Luka Sulic Copy Share Image
I put together the idea for G3 because I felt isolated. The success of being a 'guitar hero' kept me away from… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
The thing about guitar players is we're all like a brotherhood or sisterhood. We don't care if you're great, good, bad, in… — Tommy Emmanuel Copy Share Image
The smell of roses, my children's bright eyes and smiles, laughing with my husband, walking on the beach, using my hands to… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my… — Miranda Lambert Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my parents gave me piano lessons and guitar lessons for a while, but I was never very… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
As you're touring there are so many layers to a live show, it has always been important for me to have a… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
Like, when I write a song, the song comes first before production. Everything is written on an acoustic guitar so you can… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
The one thing that Hendrix had that is unique among extraordinary guitar players is he had songs that were on the radio.… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I have always been drawn to percussion and drums, to bass and piano, in music much more then I am drawn to… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
I didn't start to collect records and listen to guitar players properly until I went to art school, when I'd already been… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I'd probably get a much quicker and better result if I went to a really great guitar player for a certain style… — Klayton Copy Share Image
My parents were encouraging me to write music at 9 years old, or they were encouraging me to pick and play my… — Lainey Wilson Copy Share Image
I didn't know how to play guitar until I was 21, but from the moment I was good enough on guitar to… — Luke Combs Copy Share Image
Every other guitar player was just copying other guitarists. From the time I was 13 up until 18, I practiced at least… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I really wanted a guitar. As A little boy I used to tell people I was going to be a musician. They… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
I can plunk out enough chords to write a song, but I'm completely afraid to play guitar in front of other people.… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before:… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
“The guitar poured out its soul, its history, its dreams, its pain, its victories, its secrets. The guitar’s strings purred with blues… — Brenda Sutton Rose Copy Share Image
Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
When we first started as a band we knew we could all sing and we took harmonies from Mayday Parade which doesn't… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
In the early days, I had very little idea about arrangements, and I wrote songs a little flat, as it were, just… — Graham Parker Copy Share Image
