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title: "7 Old Guitar Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Old Guitar quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Old Guitar sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/nick-gravenites-266126_antithesis_michael-bloomfield-was-the-antithesis-of_47823.png"
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> [... Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he wanted was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-gravenites/michael-bloomfield-was-the-antithesis-of-a-collector-he-didn-t-care/)

[Nick Gravenites](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-gravenites/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/nick-gravenites-266126_antithesis_michael-bloomfield-was-the-antithesis-of_47823.png)

> [I pawned my grandpa's old guitar in collage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-owen/i-pawned-my-grandpa-s-old-guitar-in-collage/)

[Jake Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-owen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/jake-owen-9072_song_i-pawned-my-grandpa-s-old-guitar-in-coll_745714.jpg)

> [I'm an old guitar player who has fallen into television and is so happy he did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-lorre/i-m-an-old-guitar-player-who-has-fallen-into-television-and-is-so/)

[Chuck Lorre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-lorre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08f/chuck-lorre-23826_fallen_i-m-an-old-guitar-player-who-has-fallen_962184.png)

> [My daddy left home when I was three and he didn't leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-cash/my-daddy-left-home-when-i-was-three-and-he-didn-t-leave-much-to-ma/)

[Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-cash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/johnny-cash-1517_booze_my-daddy-left-home-when-i-was-three-and_1150858.jpg)

> [A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-daniels/a-friend-of-mine-that-i-had-known-for-some-time-came-up-one-day-with/)

[Charlie Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-daniels/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/charlie-daniels-13220_chords_a-friend-of-mine-that-i-had-known-for-so_2574741.png)

> [When I was little, 4 or 5 years old, the first guitar I had was given to me by a blacklisted violinist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ry-cooder/when-i-was-little-4-or-5-years-old-the-first-guitar-i-had-was-given/)

[Ry Cooder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ry-cooder/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/ry-cooder-3690_first_when-i-was-little-4-or-5-years-old-the-f_2624737.jpg)

> [I'm very lazy when it comes to making the original sound. I don't go through amplifiers and different compressors and signal parts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-heap/i-m-very-lazy-when-it-comes-to-making-the-original-sound-i-don-t-go/)

[Imogen Heap](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-heap/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/imogen-heap-16302_around_i-m-very-lazy-when-it-comes-to-making-th_3118760.png)

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