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Guitar Quotes by Steve Vai
- Lenny Breau was a genius - inspired and really loose. I loved how he used the guitar as an extension of his inner freedom, because,…
- ... there is still a very strong subculture of people who want to do great things on an instrument, and who are stimulated by hearing…
- In the physical universe, there are objects that include suns, planets, all life, and all matter in all dimensions. And then there is the space…
- It's always funny to me when people use the phrase 'Best guitar player in the world'. There are too many variables such as technique, uniqueness,…
- If you want to play something that you hear, you need to listen with your mind's eye. You've heard of the mind's eye, right? Your…
- So that's the challenge for me and that has always been the challenge - finding that melody, that riff, that thing that just lights me…
- I designed a guitar for Ibanez and then they started manufacturing it - it's called the Jem - it's 26 years old and I still…
- It's hilarious, because my guitar has what's known as a tremolo bar or a whammy bar. And the whammy bar is probably the most alien…
- The guitar is the coolest instrument in the world.
- I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I…
- I've always considered transcribing to be an invaluable tool in the development of one's musical ear and, over the years, I have spent countless glorious…
- The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when you should play…
- Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.
- I loved the idea of recording. The idea of sound-on-sound-recording captured me as a young kid, and once I realized what it was I had…
- Still to this day, I am deeply satisfied when watching a guitar player who is connected with their art and instrument. GuitarTV helps you tap…
- I created this picture of this character who would play the guitar effortlessly, who had no limitations, performing beautiful music, and he moved around with…
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- Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being… — Dan Aykroyd
- I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him. — Jensen Ackles
- My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it. — Tyra Banks
- I'm full of dust and guitars. — Syd Barrett
- I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time. — Syd Barrett
- The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish. — George Benson
- I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. — Theodore Bikel
- I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much… — Ritchie Blackmore
- I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on… — Ritchie Blackmore
- I don't see myself as such an important guitarist. — Ritchie Blackmore
- But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and… — Ritchie Blackmore