I'm a self-loathing slide player. Some people like the way I play slide - I hate it. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I'm an acoustic guitar owner - in the sense that I own them, and they sit at my house, and I never… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I'm probably a more intentional acoustic player than I am an electric player because of lack of influences. I just play acoustic… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I don't really do scales... I mean, I play parts of them, but then I bail and start playing parts of other… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
It's nice just to be able to go out and, basically, be able to play other types of music and not have… — 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… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
The first thing you realise very quickly when you decide to do an acoustic version of an electric song is your solo… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
All I'm trying to do is simply play guitar and elicit this creativity from the instrument. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
When you play a gig in Poland or Australia, or you play a gig in Toledo, they all clap at the same… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I play acoustic when I need to play acoustic, and I say I'm probably a better acoustic player than I am electric. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I am the poster boy for brick-by-brick foundation building. Play a club. Put on a good show for 35 people. Come back.… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
You often see lifestyle over substance in L.A. Some rock stars dress up like they're going to play a gig when they're… — 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
