Guitar Quote by Carlos Santana

Sweep picking is when the right hand sweeps down and up the strings in succession. But when you do sweep picking, one note rings…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

You wanna roll, you wanna rock, but you find it hard when your guitar is in a hock.

— ACDC

I just go where the guitar takes me.

— Angus Young

When I got into songs like 'Exist,' I was like, 'Okay, this riff has some bass sweeping in it, I'm definitely going to have…

— Johnny Christ

I always get frustrated when I hear someone talking about sweep arpeggios. Though there are plenty of licks and examples out there, no one…

— John Petrucci

You have to be really good to get away with smashing a guitar.

— Lyle Lovett

On any given day, if I play the guitar, I can put myself somewhere. I always thought, 'This is the way you go.' It's…

— Ry Cooder

I have no formal guitar training whatsoever, so it's been fun learning sweep-picking techniques. Working on these types of licks has thrown a whole…

— Zacky Vengeance

I just started exploring the guitar and seeing where it would take me.

— Billy Squier

I'm actively going out onto the porch and noodling around on my guitar.

— Jemaine Clement

When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar.

— Les Paul

I'm not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn't come into it.

— Jimmy Page