I'd rather have people dislike my style than change it. If someone says, 'Hey, Yngwie, you play too damn much,' I don't… — 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… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
If you suck, you're gonna suck real bad, and if you play well, it's going to sound really good. — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
If I played something incorrectly, I whipped myself mercilessly. Whenever I made a mistake, I made sure that I would never allow… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
When Alcatrazz played in Japan in early '84, the record label offered me the opportunity to do a solo album while continuing… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
I wanted to learn how to play guitar so I could smash it up and burn it. I was only a little… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
My fourth birthday, I was given a violin, and my fifth birthday, a guitar. I didn't start to play until I saw… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
A lot of people probably get the idea that I'm this extremely calculated kind of guy, and in a lot of ways,… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
What I've done from the very beginning is play everything with extreme accuracy. I never said to myself, 'Okay, if I put… — 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
