Song Quotes by Les Paul

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

— Les Paul

I don't know of a guitar player that has only one guitar. They're never happy with one. I'm never happy with just one of…

— Les Paul

My chops were not as fast... [but] I just learned more on what was in my mind than what was in my chops. I…

— Les Paul

.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive

— Les Paul

We go in there and we work on altering those ideas and in many cases go in different directions.

— Les Paul

If I have to go around telling everyone how great I am, then there's something wrong with my act.

— Les Paul

A guitar is something you can hold and love and it's never going to bug you. But here's the secret about the guitar -…

— Les Paul

This guitar is such a pal. It's a psychiatrist. It's a doggone bartender. It's a housewife. This guy is everything. Whenever I find that…

— Les Paul

If you're in the U.S. and talk to someone on the phone who's in Iraq, you'll experience sound delay. It isn't long, but the…

— Les Paul

Now I need to take a piece of wood and make it sound like the railroad track, but I also had to make it…

— Les Paul

..I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else

— Les Paul

The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.

— Les Paul

I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a…

— Les Paul

You learn fast from others how to be an entertainer as well as a musician; you don't necessarily have to get out there and…

— Les Paul

I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working.

— Les Paul