I've always been singing all my life, but I started playing guitar when I was 19, and that was my final year… — Yuna Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a guitar player and musician so badly, and I prayed to get this the very few times I… — John 5 Copy Share Image
Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I saw 'Purple Rain' in the summer of '84, and, 'Spinal Tap' notwithstanding, it's the greatest rock & roll film of all… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
What makes you a rock star is what are you able to do when you get behind that microphone, when you put… — David Draiman Copy Share Image
The thing I like to do when I'm making records is to keep it exciting, as opposed to, 'There's a bass player,… — Benji Hughes Copy Share Image
I was 11 years old, and I had been playing classical piano for three years, and suddenly the guitar came and landed… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
It couldn't have been more nerdy or bizarre, playing the clarinet. But I studied classical clarinet, went to the high school for… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
A guitar solo in the same part of every tune - that's been done so much. I think solos shine more when… — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
In my world, before I knew about Eddie Van Halen, I was playing piano, and at that point in my teenage life,… — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
'Routine' was written on piano, and you can hear that. But then you listen to 'Happy Returns,' and you can tell it's… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I also generally play slide guitar in standard tuning, which enables me to switch back and forth between using the slide and… — Warren Haynes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
On a more serious note, my challenges with hearing loss are certainly an interesting journey. The surprising upside is that my difficulties… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm not that fluid when it comes to scales and modes. I just pick up the guitar and play. It's all about… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
Approach your guitar intelligently, and if there are limits, don't deny them. Work within your restrictions. Somethings you can do better than… — Chet Atkins Copy Share Image
I always had wished somebody else would sing my songs, but there wasn't anybody who knew them, so I sang them myself… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
If there's a strong melodic thing somewhere, whether that's in a vocal or in a guitar part or a sample. Something that… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
At the time, it all seemed pretty normal. It was okay to have a pink guitar and glow-in-the-dark pants, and play with… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
In a way, I created Utopia as a platform for me to become more of a guitar player and less of the… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
As I've grown older I've been more influenced by more meandering styles of guitar playing, whether it's Celtic or Ethiopian folk music… — Ted Leo Copy Share Image
There's something about the rawness of the live thing, there's no rhythm guitars behind the solo, nothing other than what you hear… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
I wanted to develop a guitar style where phrases and lines get there just in the nick of time, like with Curtis… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
Today, somewhere in America, there's a kid who's got a laptop and a guitar and a couple of his friends he's putting… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
I'm glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn't that difficult to do. I didn't take guitar lessons, but… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I'm recording. If I break one I'll just replace it… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum… — Violante Placido Copy Share Image
I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It… — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
Looping isn't an effect: it's your playing, only more of it and, if you hang with it, it'll uncover previously hidden facets… — David Torn Copy Share Image
Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar.… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
There was nobody at the time who was playing slide guitar like Johnny, and nobody, or no white guys at least, that… — Rick Derringer Copy Share Image
I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a… — Mark Knopfler Copy Share Image
I'd like to do a song that I wrote today about our government's increasing infringement on our right to privacy, but the… — Dan Piraro Copy Share Image
It's weird. All I want is to play my guitar when I am on a movie set. But then when I am… — Shane Harper Copy Share Image
A good example of a lyric that makes me laugh but might not hit anybody right away is, "Sit behind the guitar… — Tim Heidecker Copy Share Image
I was inspired to play electric guitar from listening to a lot of Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and B.B. King, and… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
I grew up with rock and pop music from the 70s and 80s. I had to play guitar in school - it… — Christian Fennesz Copy Share Image
I often use dropped D or C - I even go all the way down to A. What can be really cool… — Rickey Medlocke Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, I could be a punk rocker and a jock. But in college, it became apparent that those two… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
Touring with Brian May was like a dream come true that happened early in my career. He inspired me with the way… — Gary Hoey Copy Share Image
