I'm a self-loathing slide player. Some people like the way I play slide - I hate it. — Joe Bonamassa Hate 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
I used to watch MTV when they played music, and discovered Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Healey. — Joe Bonamassa Jeff 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've always been a fan of the five-speed transmission - on anything. — Joe Bonamassa Always 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
I'm actually much more of a rock player than many people think. — Joe Bonamassa Actually 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
I'm probably a more intentional acoustic player than I am an electric player because of lack of influences. I just play acoustic… — Joe Bonamassa Acoustic Copy Share Image
Carnegie was a life-long dream because I was a born New Yorker. I was born in upstate New York, and we've played… — Joe Bonamassa Born 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
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
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
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
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 went through a period in my life where I didn't have money to buy ramen noodles and peanut butter and jelly,… — Joe Bonamassa Guitar Copy Share Image
The fact that I tour religiously in the spring, religiously in the fall, and do 125 shows - you can set your… — Joe Bonamassa Could Copy Share Image
The first thing you realise very quickly when you decide to do an acoustic version of an electric song is your solo… — Joe Bonamassa Acoustic Copy Share Image
There's a certain thing when you start getting into your late thirties or early forties where you stop caring. Not to the… — Joe Bonamassa Caring Copy Share Image
Basically, 2011 was the hardest year on the road for me because I did a spring tour and a fall tour plus… — Joe Bonamassa Home Copy Share Image
I'm not a household name; I'm just a household name to guitar freaks. — Joe Bonamassa Family Copy Share Image
I have a 1969 Grammer Johnny Cash acoustic guitar, and it's so inspirational. — Joe Bonamassa Acoustic guitar 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
At the end of the day, I think having some life experience is helpful to play any kind of music. — Joe Bonamassa End of the day Copy Share Image
Being a niche kind of artist, you're not going to make a lot of friends in the traditional music biz. — Joe Bonamassa Art Copy Share Image
I'm a kooky collector and own a couple of hundred guitars. — Joe Bonamassa Collector Copy Share Image
Jimi Hendrix is a classic example of a player in which everything he did, it was all in his hands. — Joe Bonamassa Everything Copy Share Image
It's nice just to be able to go out and, basically, be able to play other types of music and not have… — Joe Bonamassa Fun 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 Blues Copy Share Image
As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that. — Joe Bonamassa Beck 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
I'm honored people think enough of my playing to chase my sound. Hell, I chase other players' tones all the time. — Joe Bonamassa Enough Copy Share Image
