Song Quotes by Roger McGuinn

I don't really collect guitars.

— Roger McGuinn

The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957.

— Roger McGuinn

Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them.

— Roger McGuinn

People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing.

— Roger McGuinn

I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs.

— Roger McGuinn

Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that.

— Roger McGuinn

The original Byrds were very much Beatles-influenced, and then we gradually got our own sound. We started mixing things together more.

— Roger McGuinn

My favorite guitar now is my Martin HD-7 because it's got everything. It's got the jingle-jangle thing from the twelve string, it's…

— Roger McGuinn

One of my favorite albums is Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, 'At the Gate of Horn.' It was a really dynamic album,…

— Roger McGuinn

Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as…

— Roger McGuinn

But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking…

— Roger McGuinn

I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all…

— Roger McGuinn

...Scotty Moore plays one of the first really amazing riffs in rock history on Heartbreak Hotel with Elvis Presley ... it was…

— Roger McGuinn

I started playing guitar back in '56. I was a teenager, and guitars had just come in, and I had a thing…

— Roger McGuinn

That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to…

— Roger McGuinn

I think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model…

— Roger McGuinn

... Andres Segovia literally created the genre of classical guitar, which hadn't existed before around 1910. There was flamenco, which he borrowed…

— Roger McGuinn