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…

— Les Paul

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Les Paul

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

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

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

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

— 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…

— 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

I never stop being amazed by all the different ways of playing the guitar and making it deliver a message.

— Les Paul

There are times when you want to go where you used to go and you can't go there.

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Paint pictures with sound. First, find your white-the deepest, roundest sound you can play on the guitar. Then, find your black-which is…

— Les Paul

When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar.

— Les Paul

No, working is what will keep you alive.

— Les Paul

I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off…

— Les Paul

I think the most important thing about playing is to walk out with confidence, look the people right in the eye and…

— Les Paul

You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.

— Les Paul

I have younger friends who dont work, and they arent doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working.

— Les Paul

When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and…

— Les Paul