As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear my playing, I can't detach from my influences: there's my Jeff Beck, there's the Clapton bit, the Eric Johnson bit, the Birelli Lagrene bit, the Billy Gibbons. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
My first proper 'Here's your guitar, Joseph' was a 1981 Chiquita, one of those Erlewine travel guitars. And it was good for a four-year-old… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I collect as many acoustic guitars as I need for a specific purpose. Acoustic guitars are really just tools for me. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
When you're 12 and, you know, slightly overweight and - for lack of a better word - white, and you're playing blues, you get… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
The blues, the way it's interpreted, is always a product of your environment, and so it's almost like food. You know, it's like you… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, you really want to make sure that organic music, made by human beings, at least has a voice. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
If I'm soloing, I usually try to start with a theme, which will often stem from the blues. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Greece was a muse. It inspired creativity in magical ways that I can't even begin to understand or explain. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
There was a rumour that I was buying Gibson. It circulated around the Internet... And I just go, 'How well off do you think… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I love to collect guitars made in the 1950s. I like preserving and playing them. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I've always been a big fan of taking old songs and completely turning them on their head. Having no adherence to the fine tradition… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I dislike all those cookie-cutter Nashville songs. You know the ones: about tight jeans and pick-up trucks. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
