Paul Reed Smith

I tried to make guitars that were close to what my heroes played. That's the way it's done. My experience is that…

— Paul Reed Smith

In the camera business, you won't survive if you don't innovate. In the guitar business you may or may not. The guitars…

— Paul Reed Smith

I'm pretty good at letting people do what they are good at, that's why they're experts.

— Paul Reed Smith

It used to be that I could talk to someone in Texas and nobody would hear about it. Now, the moment I…

— Paul Reed Smith

People by themselves can be pretty stupid. People working together can be very powerful.

— Paul Reed Smith

I change guitars as they come and go. I have one I played for almost a decade, but I've put it away.…

— Paul Reed Smith

I have my own hard earned money and if I buy a fly rod I'm going to give my money to the…

— Paul Reed Smith

The world is in great need of more music education. When students play music, it allows a part of their artistic mind…

— Paul Reed Smith

There are times when product is more important than people and sometimes the people are more important than the product.

— Paul Reed Smith

I see money as a reflection of how much impact you're having on the world. I see money as a metaphor in…

— Paul Reed Smith

Nobody gives twenty-five million dollars to anybody if they're not getting twenty-five million worth out of it. Forget it. It just doesn't…

— Paul Reed Smith

People will pay exactly what things are worth give or take a few bucks. You might pay a few bucks more if…

— Paul Reed Smith

I don't see any rock stars playing an electric guitar from some new maker like you see in the acoustic guitar world.

— Paul Reed Smith

Somebody's going to wake up and their job in life is going to be to make guitars. There are a lot of…

— Paul Reed Smith