Crazy Quote by Benmont Tench

Your solos should be as interesting as any other part of the song.

— John Petrucci

Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care *most* about, but it's really the…

— Joe Satriani

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

— Richie Sambora

I think a solo moves forward the way a song does, because it's reflective of the chords that I'm considering as I'm soloing, and…

— John Frusciante

Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.

— Dizzy Gillespie

... what is so important is that you play for the artist and for the record and for the song ... everything else falls…

— James Burton

And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement…

— Dave Navarro

I'm into the whole song-as-a-piece-of-music thing: if it literally doesn't call for it, if it already has enough stuff going on, then it's okay…

— Dimebag Darrell

Not that I play guitar anywhere near as well as she sings, but I think I have always had a tendency to play solos…

— Matthew Zapruder

Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

— Anonymous

I'm kind of a terrible musician. I'm a very functional musician. I play just about every instrument in a band setting, functionally. But I…

— Maggie Rogers

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

— Slash