Art Quote by Bill Cosby

I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived.

— Kevin Eubanks

I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who don't rate Joni Mitchell up there with the best of them.

— Chrissie Hynde

Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding…

— Tina Weymouth

Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums.

— Ritchie Blackmore

John Leventhal is such a great guitarist and producer. He can't help but produce a song while he's writing it and he's so sweet…

— Susan Tedeschi

I think guitarists are really over-admired and over-revered.

— Jonny Greenwood

Eddie Cochran - I never got to see him live, but he could play. Him and Buddy Holly, they were the best guitarists. They…

— Lemmy

I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.

— Ritchie Blackmore

There are so many good guitarists out there, I am by no means a very good guitar player.

— Marnie Stern

If you learn classical guitar, you play Bach, and then John Dowland. He's the greatest. He's interesting for many, many reasons.

— Bryce Dessner

Santana is the reason I play guitar - I studied his style so much, I actually wore out the video tapes.

— Orianthi

If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me…

— Pat Metheny