Yngwie Malmsteen

I grew up in a family that was very musical, learned the blues and everything like that. And I became a little…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I am so extremely busy with what I am doing myself. When I am not playing music, I am usually doing other…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I always wrote everything - I wrote all the lyrics, I wrote all the melodies, everything; it's just somebody else sung it.…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

... Ritchie Blackmore was a huge early influence on me, but after that I had to find my own way ... Johann…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

There was an old acoustic in the house that my mother had given me for my fifth birthday. I took it off…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

If you look at somebody like Bach, he didn't need collaborators to write for keyboards, cello, violin or anything else. I feel…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

Someone like Allan Holdsworth sometimes plays the wackiest things, but does it with panache, such taste.

— Yngwie Malmsteen

Everything that I think that a society should offer someone, which is nothing other than the ability to be able to do…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I want to say something very clearly. I understand that I'm a self-confident person who might come off with the wrong attitude…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I think the singer in Pearl Jam should eat some Pearl Jam! He cannot sing to save his life! And the guitar…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I joined Alcatrazz a month after I recorded 'Steeler.' The big difference between Steeler and Alcatrazz is that in Alcatrazz, I wrote…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I wanted to learn how to play guitar so I could smash it up and burn it. I was only a little…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

People who join my organization are usually very cool at first, but they become troublesome later.

— Yngwie Malmsteen

My fourth birthday, I was given a violin, and my fifth birthday, a guitar. I didn't start to play until I saw…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I think that Zappa intentionally made his music weird, but did it with intelligence.

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I'd love to perform in India, but I don't book the gigs. It's one of the few places I haven't played. One…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

A lot of people probably get the idea that I'm this extremely calculated kind of guy, and in a lot of ways,…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

What I've done from the very beginning is play everything with extreme accuracy. I never said to myself, 'Okay, if I put…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I love all kinds of Indian music, and Indian food as well. If the chance arises for me to play in India,…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

You cannot be worrying about what other people think. You have to be sure that what you do is what you love…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

Steve Morse is a very good guitar player, but he's American, and he's using humbucker pickups. If you ask me, those two…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I'm very comfortable singing myself, first of all. Secondly, there's a certain disconnect when you write the song and you have someone…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

The simple truth is that in order to become good, you have to be obsessed. You have to put in an awful…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

What I think is the most important thing to learn about any instrument is the basics of music. Learn your ABCs before…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

Every record store and record chain has folded; they don't exist. They do not exist. And the only two outlets that would…

— Yngwie Malmsteen