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title: "1 Note Guitar Quotes By Joe Bonamassa"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/that-s-the-thing-about-the-blues-it-s-one-thing-to-hit-a-note-on-a/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/joe-bonamassa-6126_blues_that-s-the-thing-about-the-blues-it-s-on_7363.jpg)

## More by Joe Bonamassa

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/that-s-the-thing-about-the-blues-it-s-one-thing-to-hit-a-note-on-a/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/my-first-proper-here-s-your-guitar-joseph-was-a-1981-chiquita-one-of/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [I collect as many acoustic guitars as I need for a specific purpose. Acoustic guitars are really just tools for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/i-collect-as-many-acoustic-guitars-as-i-need-for-a-specific-purpose/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [When you're 12 and, you know, slightly overweight and - for lack of a better word - white, and you're playing blues, you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/when-you-re-12-and-you-know-slightly-overweight-and-for-lack-of-a/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/the-blues-the-way-it-s-interpreted-is-always-a-product-of-your/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [At the end of the day, you really want to make sure that organic music, made by human beings, at least has a voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/at-the-end-of-the-day-you-really-want-to-make-sure-that-organic-music/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [If I'm soloing, I usually try to start with a theme, which will often stem from the blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/if-i-m-soloing-i-usually-try-to-start-with-a-theme-which-will-often/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [Greece was a muse. It inspired creativity in magical ways that I can't even begin to understand or explain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/greece-was-a-muse-it-inspired-creativity-in-magical-ways-that-i-can-t/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [There was a rumour that I was buying Gibson. It circulated around the Internet... And I just go, 'How well off do you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/there-was-a-rumour-that-i-was-buying-gibson-it-circulated-around-the/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [It's not enough to play a song: you have to inhabit it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/it-s-not-enough-to-play-a-song-you-have-to-inhabit-it/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [I love to collect guitars made in the 1950s. I like preserving and playing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/i-love-to-collect-guitars-made-in-the-1950s-i-like-preserving-and/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/i-ve-always-been-a-big-fan-of-taking-old-songs-and-completely-turning/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [My first memory of guitar was seeing my father play one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/my-first-memory-of-guitar-was-seeing-my-father-play-one/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/nothing-i-m-doing-musically-is-revolutionary-in-any-way-shape-or-form/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

> [I dislike all those cookie-cutter Nashville songs. You know the ones: about tight jeans and pick-up trucks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/i-dislike-all-those-cookie-cutter-nashville-songs-you-know-the-ones/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

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