We've always described our sound as a bit more guitar driven than normal pop music. Kind of Pink in a boy band… — Liam Payne Copy Share Image
I play the piano and that's how I learned about music. I then taught myself the guitar, drums, percussion and various other… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
My first couple shows, I figured I should be playing the guitar and singing. That felt weird, but I got good at… — Dominic Fike Copy Share Image
The good thing about playing the guitar: You can take on different kinds of music. I'm always doing something different from the… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I try to become a singer. The guitar has always been abused with distortion units and funny sorts of effects, but when… — Jeff Beck Copy Share Image
A Strat was a thing of wonder .. when I was 14 or 15, the Shadows were a big influence, and they… — Mark Knopfler Copy Share Image
I'm very much into the Gypsy Kings. It's rumba and very festive, very passionate music, rhythmic guitar, passionate singing about love from… — Sofia Milos Copy Share Image
I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I was… — Teena Marie Copy Share Image
I love instrumental guitar records, but I also understand that, as a listener, it can be difficult to get through a whole… — John 5 Copy Share Image
Guitar playing, as currently understood, has more to do with sports than it does to do with music. It's an Olympic challenge… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Always when I write my music, I take my guitar, and I improvise always with a melody, you know, lyrics in Spanish.… — Juanes Copy Share Image
I've lived on my own since I was 13 and not been to school and brought a son up who's now 18… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
For me, something will come in my head and I'll either end up calling my cell phone to record it, or I'll… — Chris Daughtry Copy Share Image
... just because a guitar is old doesn't make it good... I've seen guitars that were old but weren't as good as… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
I first started actually playing guitar when I was eleven years old. I had some neighborhood friends who told me they were… — Darren Robinson Copy Share Image
It was in San Diego and I was onstage and couldn't remember how to play the guitar properly. I was in terrible… — Andy Partridge Copy Share Image
A Herd of Turtles' is the only song on 'Behold Electric Guitar' that is not strictly instrumental. But instead of singing, I… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've had to learn to play. For example, when 'Lennon' was on Broadway, I learned my way around the… — Will Chase Copy Share Image
I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar,… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
Elvis Presley was the big bang. He was the most influential single figure in the history of American pop culture. He changed… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
To be a good artist / letterer / designer / guitar player it takes practice. A lot of it. More than you… — Jessica Hische Copy Share Image
I'm singing what I want to sing based on the emotion of what that day feels like. That's what comes out of… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
My dad wanted to be a musician, so when I started playing guitar, he was like, 'Go for it.' That is what… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo,… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
It was very satisfying knowing I could come in not really knowing what I was going to do, and at the end… — Ronnie Montrose Copy Share Image
Of course there is school and sports, but I also like X-Box 360. 'Black Ops 3' is one of my favorites. I… — Chandler Canterbury Copy Share Image
I always try, when I'm singing songs, to interpret them the way that I would've arranged them. I think about the melody… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I was lucky to start playing guitar in the Eighties when so many great players were around to inspire me, like Yngwie… — Chuck Schuldiner Copy Share Image
If you follow my MMA career, I've always been the pro wrestler of women's MMA, coming out with a guitar, saying crazy… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
For my 20th birthday in March, I'll buy myself a present for doing my best. A one way ticket to Tokyo. All… — Ai Yazawa Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm on tour and I'm in my hotel room and I'm writing and playing my guitar, I go in the bathroom… — Colbie Caillat Copy Share Image
My first proper 'Here's your guitar, Joseph' was a 1981 Chiquita, one of those Erlewine travel guitars. And it was good for… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind… — Dan Hicks Copy Share Image
Usually now a song starts just in my head with a melody or a lyric idea coming first.Then typically I'll go to… — Eliot Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm pursuing soundtrack work in the southern California area and down the line I plan to make a moody, intense acoustic album.… — Ronnie Montrose Copy Share Image
I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
I definitely don't see myself as much of a singer, because my upbringing is really based around the guitar, learning chord progressions… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun,… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
