Paul Gilbert

“depression haunts the lives of many”

— paul gilbert

Writing is a chore.

— Paul Gilbert

Every Mr. Big album is an event.

— Paul Gilbert

I love all my guitar solos.

— Paul Gilbert

My life is a glorious tornado of musical projects!

— Paul Gilbert

One of the things I like to do is to try to jam with everybody.

— Paul Gilbert

I love being me, Thanks to Allah for what/who I am

— Paul Gilbert

Somebody help me know how many animals are here and name them please

— Paul Gilbert

I'm not a reader myself, so I don't expect anyone else to be.

— Paul Gilbert

Sometimes a couple notes are worth a thousand words.

— Paul Gilbert

My guitar playing was born from playing in my teenage heavy rock bands.

— Paul Gilbert

Gilbert Hotel' is my first all-acoustic record.

— Paul Gilbert

My initial ideas are just a starting place. As a record goes along, it becomes more about making discoveries and getting excited…

— Paul Gilbert

I am trying to build the biggest callus possible on my first finger so I can do one-finger bends and vibrato like…

— Paul Gilbert

A rock band with vocals is what I always wanted to be a part of; in fact, it feels very natural for…

— Paul Gilbert

Being in a band is hard. Even if you like somebody, you start to argue over silly things.

— Paul Gilbert

I love my job as a musician, and I am filled with gratitude that good people support my endeavors.

— Paul Gilbert

I worked out the keyboard parts on the progressive rock classic 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' and somehow managed to play…

— Paul Gilbert

I lived in Los Angeles for around 20 years. I love the place, but the driving can wear thin.

— Paul Gilbert

As always, my influences are diverse and not what you might expect from a 'heavy metal' artist.

— Paul Gilbert

Of course, I'm a guitar player, so I'm thinking as a guitarist. I have to work within my physical limitations as to…

— Paul Gilbert

It took me years to get my hair right... after years of perms, conditioning... Nirvana came out and it wasn't cool to…

— Paul Gilbert

Just about every rock band and every guitar player from 1964 to 1984. To me, that's the golden period of rock. From…

— Paul Gilbert

Everyone has to start somewhere! I certainly didn't sound great when I first started playing, and I remember all my guitar teachers,…

— Paul Gilbert

As human beings we're visual creatures, and it's so easy to play the guitar by looking at it. It's a real challenge…

— Paul Gilbert

After 35 years of bone-crushing rock guitar playing, I'm finally starting to get my head out of the harmonic sand and learning…

— Paul Gilbert

I was driving home and thinking about what rock and roll should be about. 'Adventure and Trouble!' I thought. I sang the…

— Paul Gilbert

If I love you and you don't Love me In return, I will know that you are one of the many frogs…

— Paul Gilbert

A scale is just the notes that are in a chord played one at a time instead of together. That's what has…

— Paul Gilbert

My first official teaching job was at GIT, which was fantastic because I wanted to pay the rent and I got to…

— Paul Gilbert

It's so easy to practice out of context. For example, if you're learning a scale, you take that scale and you sit…

— Paul Gilbert

I remember walking into a department store and you would hear an instrumental version of a Beatles song and it was usually…

— Paul Gilbert

When it comes to vibrato, a lot of people look at their hands when they do it. Which is pretty much of…

— Paul Gilbert

Normally, I can get through a whole show with one guitar pick.

— Paul Gilbert

Love Is Blind but Marriage is the Eye Opener,

— Paul Gilbert

Mostly, I'm much more of a guitar player than I am a singer.

— Paul Gilbert

Blues is the first step to get to jazz.

— Paul Gilbert

I really genuinely love 'To Be With You.' I don't get tired of playing it.

— Paul Gilbert

On 'Fuzz Universe,' I think I've taken a giant step closer to the ultimate rock guitar sound and playing of my dreams.

— Paul Gilbert

I prefer playing in songs where I have a tempo, groove and harmonic map to hang on to.

— Paul Gilbert