Guitarist Quotes

If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist.

— Robin Trower

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.

— Eric Clapton

Giuseppe Continenza is a monster guitarist

— Gene Bertoncini

I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.

— Ritchie Blackmore

I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s.

— Johnny Depp

The most powerful music is music with purpose.

— Tom Morello

I just plug in and let go.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

The song tells me what to play.

— Joe Walsh

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

— Russell Malone

Learn from the masters, learn from your contemporaries. Always try to update yourself.

— James Stewart

My dad was a really good classical guitarist. He took lessons with a student of Andre Segovia.

— Jason Becker

To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection.

— John Abercrombie

I don't play for the guitarists in the audience. I play for the musicians.

— Frank Gambale

I'm more of a strumming guitarist, instead of a lead soloist guitarist.

— Stark Sands

Richie Kotzen is such an unbelievable talent as a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter.

— Mike Portnoy

Ray Gomez is one of the greatest guitarists of all times!

— Narada Michael Walden

My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm…

— Josh Hartnett

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

— Matt Skiba

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

— Jon Pareles

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

— Jerry Garcia

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

— Jimmy Santiago Baca

I'm not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn't come into…

— Jimmy Page

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

— Joe Pass

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

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

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

— Pete Townshend

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

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

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

— McCoy Tyner

We were a really crazy band. This was in '73. I had my hair real short with a white stripe down the…

— Rex Smith

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a…

— Matt Cameron

The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could…

— Joe Perry

Many people think of me as just a riff guitarist, but I think of myself in broader terms. As a musician I…

— Jimmy Page

I was starting to play the ukulele at the same time I was having all these conversations with [the late Ramones guitarist]…

— Eddie Vedder

“Fame is not so impossible for people with charisma, passion and talent. Being famous just means you have fans, and even one…

— Ashly Lorenzana

I tend to write pretty much by myself. I always did that anyway. I used to write with Ron Strykert 'cause he…

— Colin Hay

George Harrison was a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous guitarist, and a wonderful example of what a rock star should be. I totally revered…

— Brian May

Exciting underground stuff is easier to find with YouTube than it used to be. You don't have to go to the dive…

— KT Tunstall

The musical flags of the world should fly at half mast because truly one of the greatest guitarists in the world and…

— Stevie Wonder

Usually, no one quite knew where Django Reinhardt was going to be, but I met his brother and about an hour later…

— Charlie Byrd