Guitarist Quotes · Page 4

I'm not a great guitarist, and I'm not a great singer.

— Daniel Levitin

When a guitarist can evoke a certain mood through his playing, that's what's most important to me.

— Rick Nielsen

I'd rather be known as a songwriter than a guitarist, although I love to play the guitar.

— Rick Nielsen

It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

— Kirk Hammett

I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.

— Robin Trower

I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

— John Entwistle

Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.

— John Mayer

Freddie Bryant is a brilliant young guitarist and composer.

— Kenny Burrell

You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.

— Smokey Robinson

Buckethead [former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist] is probably twice as good a guitar player as me and Slash combined, and can stand…

— Dave Mustaine

Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play,…

— Dan Auerbach

A lot of blues guitarists play with only three fingers, and they can't figure out certain runs that require the use of…

— Ritchie Blackmore

I wouldn't say that I'm the greatest guitarist ever. I'd say probably that I'm the greatest guitarist sitting in this chair.

— Jimi Hendrix

Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around.

— Syd Barrett

Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or…

— Joe Pass

Being a human being without forgiveness is like being a guitarist without fingers or being the diva without a tongue.

— Jimmy Santiago Baca

One of the main things I look for in a guitarist is in the sound itself. I go for a certain sound,…

— John Petrucci

My ability maps my own writing. I haven't spent a whole lot of time biting licks from the really quick masters. That's…

— Tobias Forge

I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by…

— Eddi Reader

I really try to keep it hip-hop oriented. For me, that's high energy - people being able to dance, being able to…

— Alexander Spit

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the…

— David Amram

How could I have not known about Ume? An Austin trio fronted by a whirling dervish of singer guitarist who in the…

— Dave Allen

Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since…

— Eddie Van Halen

P.I.L. has been a favorite of mine since high school especially there metal box album. The guitarist Keith Levine gets some of…

— Marcel Dzama

I've always wanted to be the best guitarist in the world, ever since I was eight years old.

— Peter Frampton

I'm a real sucker for guitars. I've had a crush on many, many a guitarist.

— J. K. Rowling

Rush and guitarist Alex Lifeson are among my biggest influences.

— John Petrucci

I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.

— Mike Dirnt

I really consider myself more of a rhythm guitarist than a soloist.

— Alex Lifeson

Being a musician is a given for me-I didn't have much choice in the matter.

— Tom Morello

After the Soft Boys I just didn't want to work with any more guitarists.

— Robyn Hitchcock

When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music.

— John McLaughlin

There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.

— Zakk Wylde

Certainly, as a guitarist, I was aware of descending chromatic lines and arpeggios long before 1968.

— Jimmy Page

If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.

— Jerry Garcia

[Loco De Amor is] a euphoric, melodic romp across the hemisphere... A joyful, fun musician's record from a really good guitarist

— Jon Pareles

I think that the more that you play and the more instruments you play and the better you get at them, then…

— Matt Skiba

I play a PRS Custom 22. I learned on a Custom 24. It was set for a country guitarist, so it had…

— Orianthi

When I was a kid, I was interested in folk music. But rock represented power, and I became the best rock guitarist…

— Billy Squier

I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of…

— Oscar Isaac