Ronnie Montrose

I was too broke to buy a guitar so I more borrowed guitars from friends.

— Ronnie Montrose

When I started reaching teenage years, I listened to everything that was on the radio like everyone else did, which was Chuck…

— Ronnie Montrose

I am very aware now that music is a business, but there is also a way to go about making music that…

— Ronnie Montrose

I'm pursuing soundtrack work in the southern California area and down the line I plan to make a moody, intense acoustic album.…

— Ronnie Montrose

I was producing demos for a band that was called Physical Ed. Out of production of demos I went and did a…

— Ronnie Montrose

Because it was the original 4 guys, and the dynamic of those 4 guys interacting together that had the power.

— Ronnie Montrose

I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro…

— Ronnie Montrose

But it has been a long process because I'm kind of a renaissance person.

— Ronnie Montrose

I was working with Bill Graham management at the time and it was obvious to everyone concerned that albums like Open Fire,…

— Ronnie Montrose

I don't recall getting a first guitar.

— Ronnie Montrose

I've never known how to read music in my life.

— Ronnie Montrose

You know, you don't please everybody.

— Ronnie Montrose

It was very satisfying knowing I could come in not really knowing what I was going to do, and at the end…

— Ronnie Montrose

Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record.

— Ronnie Montrose

Attempting to write vocal oriented songs to me felt like going through the motions and if you are going to go through…

— Ronnie Montrose

My philosophy is, honestly, never collected anything that I don't play. I know a lot of people that collect guitars, but for…

— Ronnie Montrose

Everybody has their iPhone cameras, BlackBerry cameras, and I see those cameras pointed up at me all the time now, which is…

— Ronnie Montrose

I feel very fortunate to have my ears. I'd share them with everybody but I only have two to go around.

— Ronnie Montrose

I was following my muse and I was very fortunate in having good people around me and it turned out to be…

— Ronnie Montrose

What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

— Ronnie Montrose

I had prostate cancer that, for me, was debilitating. I didn't touch a guitar for two years, but when I realized I…

— Ronnie Montrose

When you have a life-threatening illness like cancer, and you're faced with the alternative, it gives doing whatever it is you do…

— Ronnie Montrose

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand.

— Ronnie Montrose

Reading and writing music is a wonderful way of getting ideas in your head down to someone else who reads and writes,…

— Ronnie Montrose

I would say seeing the original Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page at the old Fillmore was a pretty powerful influence…

— Ronnie Montrose