Just the whole thing of getting up in the morning - I love the sunshine, I love the palm trees. I'm that… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I'm very selfish. I make music that I love because I only live once, and I'm an artist. I don't try to… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I'd love to perform in India, but I don't book the gigs. It's one of the few places I haven't played. One… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I love all kinds of Indian music, and Indian food as well. If the chance arises for me to play in India,… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
You cannot be worrying about what other people think. You have to be sure that what you do is what you love… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
'Spellbound' has a lot of guitar playing on it, obviously, but I wanted to keep it with a more straightforward beat. It doesn't have… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I didn't have to apply my mind to the aspects of scales and playing, and instead, I focused on creativity. I wrote music, but… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I am convinced that there are few, if any, American people that could even start believing or understanding what living in a socialist country… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway. — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I'd rather have people dislike my style than change it. If someone says, 'Hey, Yngwie, you play too damn much,' I don't care. They… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know this, but I started out as a blues-based player, and then, when I realized after playing 18 hours… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I listened to all those blues records. They were great - Clapton, John Mayall. Then eventually I heard Genesis with Peter Gabriel, and I… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television the day… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the day he… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I played drums, and when I first got a 4-track, I would put down drumbeats and then do the… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
To get a feel for the right-hand picking technique, you have to let the pick 'fall' from string to string as if you were… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
