It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room with… — Alex Van Halen Copy Share Image
I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be… — Lemmy Copy Share Image
Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the… — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist… — Hope Solo Copy Share Image
A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“A good guitarist will always try to get the best out of the instrument that they are holding in their hands. The… — André van Eck Copy Share Image
I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
I first started actually playing guitar when I was eleven years old. I had some neighborhood friends who told me they were… — Darren Robinson Copy Share Image
Steve Van Zandt, the poor guy, doesn't get to play enough as it is with me hogging a lot of the solos.… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Michael Bloomfield came in after rock n roll started, and he was a great guitarist. He idolized me - I know that.… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Michael Sunday and I are the original members of the band. We first did it just for charities and benefit concerts. It… — Peter Tork Copy Share Image
Guitarists shouldn't get too riled up about all of the great players that were left off of 'Rolling Stone Magazines' list of… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
I actually knew Sully's sister, and I was in a band called Stripmind, and then I became roommates with Sully and being… — Robbie Merrill Copy Share Image
Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression.… — David First Copy Share Image
Learning the notes on the fretboard is key to any guitarist's development on the instrument, and [Guitar] Trainer HD is a neat… — Bryan Beller Copy Share Image
It's weird - I can listen to a guitar player or a rock record over and over again and really enjoy whatever… — Kevin Drumm Copy Share Image
I've always been much more of a guitar picker, but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
Some bands write and it is just the singer and the guitarist that do it all and then the rest of the… — Marco Mendoza Copy Share Image
Cheers to the albums written fortunes earned lives touched in the millions and generations defined by one lonely person placing an ad… — Dallas Clayton Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time in tiny venues in the way that I got my record deal and got my name… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
Listening to as many guitar solos as possible is the best method for someone in the early stages. But saxophone solos can… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
Drummers haven't managed to develop their individuality quite as well as guitarists have. We can be so focused on the nuts and… — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
The jazz guitarist Peter Sprague calls his home recording studio SpragueLand, but sometimes it seems that the moniker better captures the way… — Andrew S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
One day, I remember it was in television. I was a fan of the Rolling Stones. One of the members, the guitarist,… — Sacinandana Swami Copy Share Image
Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Barney Kessel was 'Mr. Guitar,' the foremost jazz guitarist of his generation. He had an amazing imagination, his solos were incredible, he… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
Larry Carlton is an incredibly versatile guitarist who has been a major force for guitar for many years. He is easily recognizable… — George Benson Copy Share Image
With every album, I write above my ability, and my job as a guitarist is to catch up and be able to… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
How could I have not known about Ume? An Austin trio fronted by a whirling dervish of singer guitarist who in the… — Dave Allen Copy Share Image
I was in bands as a singer-guitarist-songwriter until 1980-81. So, there's a bunch of stuff. A lot of the stuff is hard… — David Torn Copy Share Image
I played with a band, and the lead singer would always introduce me as 'the 13-year-old lead guitarist.' I didn't want to… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
I dont like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent… — Thomas Sangster Copy Share Image
I started out in a heavy metal band with a guy who could really play guitar, and I thought the only thing… — Robert Pollard Copy Share Image
I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
The use of rock, folk, or pop music serves a purpose. It gets people into the church. But an inexperienced guitar player… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image