--- title: "9 Picking Guitar Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Picking Guitar quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Picking Guitar sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/sam-hunt-3215_balance_picking-up-a-guitar-brought-a-lot-of-bal_3155137.jpg" --- > [Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hunt/picking-up-a-guitar-brought-a-lot-of-balance-into-my-life/) [Sam Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/sam-hunt-3215_balance_picking-up-a-guitar-brought-a-lot-of-bal_3155137.jpg) > [Picking a guitar was a lot easier than picking cotton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-campbell/picking-a-guitar-was-a-lot-easier-than-picking-cotton/) [Glen Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/glen-campbell-4678_cotton_picking-a-guitar-was-a-lot-easier-than-p_1297886.png) > [In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peabo-bryson/in-the-last-couple-of-years-i-ve-been-picking-up-my-guitar-again/) [Peabo Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peabo-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/peabo-bryson-24306_couple_in-the-last-couple-of-years-i-ve-been-pi_3143633.jpg) > [Picking up a guitar - I couldn't imagine doing anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mccartney/picking-up-a-guitar-i-couldn-t-imagine-doing-anything-else/) [James McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mccartney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/james-mccartney-26490_anything_picking-up-a-guitar-i-couldn-t-imagine-d_1585772.jpg) > [It's just a favorite language to me, that country finger-picking guitar style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-loggins/it-s-just-a-favorite-language-to-me-that-country-finger-picking/) [Kenny Loggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-loggins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/kenny-loggins-12248_country_it-s-just-a-favorite-language-to-me-that_2265574.jpg) > [It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-scofield/it-turns-out-kids-today-still-learn-that-four-chord-progression-when/) [John Scofield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-scofield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/john-scofield-28293_guitar_it-turns-out-kids-today-still-learn-that_828645.jpg) > [After Sleater-Kinney broke up in 2006 I had very little desire to play music. It took well over three years before picking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/after-sleater-kinney-broke-up-in-2006-i-had-very-little-desire-to/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/carrie-brownstein-1580_anything_after-sleater-kinney-broke-up-in-2006-i_3220434.png) > [If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/if-you-don-t-know-the-blues-there-s-no-point-in-picking-up-the-guitar/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/keith-richards-1996_blues_if-you-don-t-know-the-blues-there-s-no-p_3160340.png) > [I am definitely still the same kid that I was picking up the guitar at 15. But, I have definitely learned to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-voegele/i-am-definitely-still-the-same-kid-that-i-was-picking-up-the-guitar/) [Kate Voegele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-voegele/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/kate-voegele-19395_business_i-am-definitely-still-the-same-kid-that_1298532.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/picking-guitar/#itemlist", "name": "Picking Guitar Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sam Hunt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hunt/picking-up-a-guitar-brought-a-lot-of-balance-into-my-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/sam-hunt-3215_balance_picking-up-a-guitar-brought-a-lot-of-bal_3155137.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/sam-hunt-3215_balance_picking-up-a-guitar-brought-a-lot-of-bal_3155137.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/sam-hunt-3215_balance_picking-up-a-guitar-brought-a-lot-of-bal_3155137.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.” — Sam Hunt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Picking a guitar was a lot easier than picking cotton.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Glen Campbell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-campbell/picking-a-guitar-was-a-lot-easier-than-picking-cotton/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/glen-campbell-4678_cotton_picking-a-guitar-was-a-lot-easier-than-p_1297886.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/glen-campbell-4678_cotton_picking-a-guitar-was-a-lot-easier-than-p_1297886.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/glen-campbell-4678_cotton_picking-a-guitar-was-a-lot-easier-than-p_1297886.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Picking a guitar was a lot easier than picking cotton.” — Glen Campbell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peabo Bryson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peabo-bryson/in-the-last-couple-of-years-i-ve-been-picking-up-my-guitar-again/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/peabo-bryson-24306_couple_in-the-last-couple-of-years-i-ve-been-pi_3143633.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/peabo-bryson-24306_couple_in-the-last-couple-of-years-i-ve-been-pi_3143633.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/peabo-bryson-24306_couple_in-the-last-couple-of-years-i-ve-been-pi_3143633.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again.” — Peabo Bryson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Picking up a guitar - 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