Guitarist Quotes · Page 3

If you want to work consistently, you have to be a team player.

— Russell Malone

I never felt I had enough personal style to pursue being just a guitarist.

— Bruce Springsteen

The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.

— Carlos Santana

I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived.

— Kevin Eubanks

I'm not committed to putting myself up for a blues guitarist, even though I love playing the blues.

— Jeff Beck

Chord substitution isn't some mysterious religious sect.

— Howard Roberts

First concert I ever went to was a group called The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton is the lead guitarist.

— Ron Barber

I started as a guitarist and couldn't find a decent singer, so I started providing my own vocals.

— Billy Squier

I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.

— Ian Mcewan

Life is so mundane, isn't it? It's great to hear a guitarist getting into it and the rhythmic section blasting, even if…

— Paul Rodgers

I've always been a fan of Buddy Guy as a guitarist, as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan and those blues guys. I'd…

— Chris Carmack

When I was a kid I really liked the guitarist of The Doors [Robby Krieger]. He plays blues, but he plays a…

— Stephen Malkmus

I was raised by my father, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player. His brothers all did the same thing,…

— William Singe

As long as you're excited about what you're playing, and as long as it comes from your heart, it's going to be…

— John Frusciante

I always lived with guitarists. When they would leave, I would just pick up their acoustic guitars and start doing finger picking…

— Lou Doillon

Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues…

— Miles Davis

You have to listen to what someone is doing and help them get to where they want to go, musically speaking. I…

— McCoy Tyner

I came to Berklee to study guitar, I really wanted to be a jazz guitarist, and I really came because I really…

— Juan Luis Guerra

For an electric guitarist to solo effectively on an acoustic guitar you need to develop tricks to avoid the expectation of sustain…

— Pete Townshend

The beauty of recording in L.A. is that most of the musicians that are on the record live here, so it was…

— Jeffrey Osborne

Of course, I'm a guitar player, so I'm thinking as a guitarist. I have to work within my physical limitations as to…

— Paul Gilbert

Sometimes, I must admit, I'd like to have a second guitarist onstage with me, but it wouldn't look right. I'd like to…

— Jimmy Page

If I played something incorrectly, I whipped myself mercilessly. Whenever I made a mistake, I made sure that I would never allow…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

... Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's…

— Ritchie Blackmore

I write the songs first and in most cases teach myself the technique second.

— Joe Satriani

One hundred guitarists making lots of noise would not be something you'd want to listen to.

— Glenn Branca

If you really love guitar, you're going to spend every waking hour stroking the thing.

— Frank Zappa

When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.

— Robert Smith

As a kid, image played a huge part. I'm sure most kids find the image of the guitarist exciting.

— Kevin Drumm

I'm so honored that I got the best guitarist award for the fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods awards.

— John 5

I remember in the '80s, people would literally have arguments over the best guitarist.

— Kevin Young

I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value!

— Sam Palladio

I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.

— Vance Joy

The harmonic effects produced unconsciously by our guitarists are one of the miracles of natural art.

— Manuel de Falla

I'm just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?

— Eddie Van Halen

There are so many good guitarists out there, I am by no means a very good guitar player.

— Marnie Stern

Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.

— B. B. King

The composers hated me. The singers detested me. The guitarists were terrified by me.

— Bulat Okudzhava

I wanted to be the greatest woman guitarist alive. I had fantasies about being a female Jimi Hendrix.

— Phoebe Snow

There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them

— Tommy Shaw