Leadership Quote by Brenna Yovanoff

“I cringed as the band oozed into the next chord. If notes were cars, I think there was a D major under the wreckage.”

— Mary Hughes

“Bashing out the last note, she turned the guitar to the amp and let the feedback murder everyone’s eardrums.”

— Tim McGregor

“Dad said that the guy who can play guitar is going to be the life of the party. He’s confusing life with death.”

— David Sedaris

“The guitar breathed. It inhaled and exhaled, and music filled the shop as the instrument picked the heartbreak of generations.”

— Brenda Sutton Rose

“When you scratch these guitars, they bleed.”

— Brenda Sutton Rose

“Sound systems are what turn cars into escape vehicles, even if you've got nowhere to go.”

— Adam Haslett

“I always knew he was selfish and self-indulgent and kind of lazy; those are practically prerequisites for playing lead guitar.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“The tunes he played on that instrument wouldn't be audible to the living. That didn't mean they wouldn't be real.”

— Seanan McGuire

“Don't die with your music still in you, play your music unencumbered. Should your guitar remain unstrung?”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

“Another big ripping sound. Jesus. Had they brought supernatural dynamite in to tear the whole place apart?”

— Lili St. Crow

“I should let you know that I had no idea how to play the guitar or any other musical instrument, and that the sound…

— David Wong

“In Tacoma, Washington, I speared myself on my guitar’s whammy bar – it went right through my hand. I went into shock,”

— Pete Townshend