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I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar. — Nick Cave
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ. — Tracy Chapman
I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody. — Kenny Chesney
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally… — Eric Clapton
Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or… — Eric Clapton
I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross… — Eric Clapton
I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of… — Eric Clapton
I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to… — Eric Clapton
My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to… — Eric Clapton
The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and… — Eric Clapton
I like guitars in the Fender style because they have skinny necks. — Kurt Cobain
I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play. — Kurt Cobain
I sing and play the guitar, and I'm a walking, talking bacterial infection. — Kurt Cobain
I own a '66 Jaguar. That's the guitar I polish, and baby - I refuse to let anyone touch it when I jump into the… — Kurt Cobain
My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused by all the anger and… — Kurt Cobain
I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the… — Kurt Cobain
Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap… — Kurt Cobain
We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it. — Leonard Cohen
The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players. — Ian Anderson
I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as a fully fledged guitar instrumentalist.… — Ian Anderson
When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've always preferred acoustic… — Ian Anderson
It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar or a pen for seven years. — Adam Ant
Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry Garcia. The ball… — Michael Bamberger
I said this to my daughter, if you don't practice the guitar, when you get older you wouldn't be able to play it. It's that… — Woody Allen

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