Guitarist Quotes · Page 4

I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player

— Karen Black

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

— John McLaughlin

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.

— Siobhan Fahey

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

— Robyn Hitchcock

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

— Bulat Okudzhava

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

— B. B. King

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

— Marnie Stern

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

— Eddie Van Halen

I used to be totally into Steve Vai and Joe Satriani and other shredders, and I tried to emulate what they did…

— Jeff Hanneman

My mum didn't want me to really pursue music in the beginning, but I'm a classically trained guitarist because of her.

— Jax Jones

I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and…

— Israel Broussard

But if you want me to knock Kingdom Come, all I will say is that I heard the guitarist said he'd never…

— Jimmy Page

Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make…

— Drew Houston

I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago,…

— Ian Anderson

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

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

— Orianthi

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

— Ritchie Blackmore

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

— Yngwie Malmsteen

Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is…

— Robert Smith

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

People ask me to describe how I play, and the most obvious answer is that I'm a jazz influenced guitar player. But…

— Larry Carlton

Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model…

— Angus Young

A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out…

— William Christopher Handy

Strangely enough, I wasn't into fast guitarists. I preferred Peter Green's subtle touch. I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the…

— Alvin Lee

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

— Manuel de Falla

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

— Vance Joy

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

— John 5

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

— Kevin Drumm

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

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

— Glenn Branca

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

— Joe Satriani

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

— Robin Trower

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

— Kirk Hammett

I think guitarists are really over-admired and over-revered.

— Jonny Greenwood

It feels like guitarists are samurais. You know, I'm playing a guitar, instead of a katana!

— Miyavi

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

— Rick Nielsen

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

— Rick Nielsen