Amplification Quote by Buddy Rich

Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

— Richard Thompson

I'm a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument. I would always just sort of pick up instruments…

— Adrian Grenier

I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.

— Jason Newsted

I never really got there I just pretended that I had. What's the point of instruments? Words are a sawed off shotgun.

— Radiohead

There are a lot of cases where I'm using, if not an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar more as a rhythm instrument. Rather than…

— Billy Squier

Usually I'm only using my instruments when I'm recording or playing a gig.

— Max Tundra

I play a little acoustic bass and a little guitar. In our house there are instruments everywhere, and I love picking them up and…

— Martie Maguire

I don't have session players come in and guitars, I'm doing the drums, I'm doing the scratching, I'm doing every sound you hear and…

— DJ Premier

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you…

— Ritchie Blackmore

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

— Brownie McGhee

I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I'd also get asked to play some acoustic stuff. But, since I didn't…

— Mark Knopfler

I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.

— Pat Metheny