Guitarist Quotes · Page 2

I trained as a classical guitarist but that was it.

— Colin Greenwood

There is no finer guitarist than Kenny Burrell

— George Benson

The greatest teacher is just going out and playing.

— George Benson

A good player can make any guitar sound good.

— Mike Bloomfield

If I could sing, I wouldnt be a guitarist.

— Robin Trower

Eric Clapton is my dream guitarist.

— Carole King

I'm a good rhythm guitarist and that's it.

— Everlast

Learn the lick, but learn FROM the lick.

— Scott Henderson

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

— Billy Squier

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

— Ron Barber

Chord substitution isn't some mysterious religious sect.

— Howard Roberts

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

— Jeff Beck

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

— Kevin Eubanks

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

— Carlos Santana

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

— Bruce Springsteen

Aping what you've already done is just so dangerous and unrewarding.

— Andy Summers

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

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

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

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

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

— Miles Davis

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

— Lou Doillon

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

— William Singe

Among the guitarists, Wes Montgomery is fantastic. He's always good to let you know what the art form is all about. It's…

— Bill Cosby

My father kind of had hopes that I was going to become an artist like him - the typical thing. Of course…

— David Russell

Of any guitarist, Jimmy Page was my biggest influence. I wanted to look, think and play like him. Zeppelin had a heavy…

— Alex Lifeson

An uninhibited, Chuck Berry devotee but experimented with and broke a lot of ground on feedback techniques and solid variations in tonal…

— Ted Nugent

I guess anybody who plays can say that they play guitar, but if you want to be a guitarist, you've got to…

— Jake Pitts

I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very…

— Marc Ribot

I've had the chance to watch Metallica's James Hetfield from the side of the stage night after night, listening to his monitors,…

— Zacky Vengeance

Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like…

— Nick Cave

The use of electronics is a natural extension of the instrument - it is an electric guitar. So we guitarists have been…

— Tim Brady

In order to even begin to learn how to play his instrument, it takes the guitarist weeks to build calluses on his…

— Noah Lukeman

When I listen to Airplanes record, it takes me back. I remember a lot of my thought processes when I was 20…

— Ben Gibbard

I hired Bob at Terrytoons. He was my assistant animator, and then became an animator himself. He had just come from Boston…

— Ralph Bakshi

When I came to the States, I still wanted to be an electric guitar player. But moved to Santa Fe in '86.…

— Ottmar Liebert

If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying.

— Wynton Marsalis

Jimi Hendrix was the most exciting guitarist I've ever heard.

— Brian Jones

If you're into what you're playing, that's the most important thing.

— James Hetfield