That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something… — Joe Bonamassa Blues 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… — Joe Bonamassa Good 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 Acoustic guitar 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,… — Joe Bonamassa Better 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… — Joe Bonamassa Blues 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… — Joe Bonamassa Day Copy Share Image
If I'm soloing, I usually try to start with a theme, which will often stem from the blues. — Joe Bonamassa Blues 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 Creativity 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 I am Copy Share Image
I love to collect guitars made in the 1950s. I like preserving and playing them. — Joe Bonamassa 1950s 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… — Joe Bonamassa Always Copy Share Image
Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form. — Joe Bonamassa Form Copy Share Image
I dislike all those cookie-cutter Nashville songs. You know the ones: about tight jeans and pick-up trucks. — Joe Bonamassa About Copy Share Image
I learned that if I put my mind to something vocally, I can pull it off. You just have to get your… — Joe Bonamassa I can Copy Share Image
I've really gotten over pedals. I can't keep up with this craze of boutique pedals that make you sound like everything but… — Joe Bonamassa Everything Copy Share Image
I feel like I always learn from somebody who can do something better than I can. — Joe Bonamassa Always Copy Share Image
If we got into a time machine and went back to the 1700s, classical and baroque music would have been the equivalent… — Joe Bonamassa Back 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 Improv Copy Share Image
I'm a kooky collector and own a couple of hundred guitars. — Joe Bonamassa Collector Copy Share Image
I'll tell you, what the world doesn't need is another Joe Bonamassa DVD. — Joe Bonamassa Another Copy Share Image
I think what I do really well is that I can 'chameleon' myself into many styles at a very fast pace, sometimes… — Joe Bonamassa Chameleon Copy Share Image
