Color Quote by Andres Segovia

The way I play guitar is very, very hard and I bloody myself incredibly without the tape. And the nails are my picks.

— Ani DiFranco

My nails are a disaster. If I play guitar when my nails are long, I just tear them off.

— Liz Phair

Don't be precious about anything-much less a certain guitar sound. There is always another interesting sound or effect just waiting to be discovered.

— Robin Guthrie

Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It's the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than…

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.

— Adrian Belew

From the classical guitar right through to the furthest electrical experiments and everything in-between, it's amazing what the guitar can actually do. I mean,…

— Jimmy Page

I play the guitar when I want to relax. But to play the guitar, you cut the nails. So one day, I'll cut the…

— Indra Nooyi

Nothing is as nice as plugging in your guitar and turning up the volume really loud, just seeing what kind of beautiful noise you…

— Carrie Brownstein

I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did…

— Eric Clapton

Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately.

— Trevor Rabin

I had some sense of my voice on my own, but playing guitar is so technical and so that really intimidated me, and the…

— Monica Barbaro

I can't play guitar well at all, so I had to learn that.

— Olly Alexander