Guitarist Quotes
126 Guitarist quotes by 101 unique authors
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I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to…
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like an ordinary guitarist.…
— Nick Cave
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
— Eric Clapton
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I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago, and a flute.
— Ian Anderson
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I hate to take showers! Guitarists don't like showers 'cause we like the grease to build up on our fingers, makes playing more fluid.
— Izzy Stradlin
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One day, I remember it was in television. I was a fan of the Rolling Stones. One of the members, the guitarist, had died from…
— Sacinandana Swami
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I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player
— Karen Black
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George Harrison was a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous guitarist, and a wonderful example of what a rock star should be. I totally revered him as an…
— Brian May
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than…
— B B King
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite.
— B B King
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Tony McManus is the best Celtic guitarist in the world.
— Unknown Author
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Learning the notes on the fretboard is key to any guitarist's development on the instrument, and [Guitar] Trainer HD is a neat way to get…
— Bryan Beller
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Buckethead [former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist] is probably twice as good a guitar player as me and Slash combined, and can stand having fried chicken…
— Dave Mustaine
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Many people think of me as just a riff guitarist, but I think of myself in broader terms. As a musician I think my greatest…
— Jimmy Page
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Sometimes, I must admit, I'd like to have a second guitarist onstage with me, but it wouldn't look right. I'd like to play for another…
— Jimmy Page
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I really wasn't needed... Just straightening up riffs, that's all. Just two guitarists doing it instead of one.
— Jimmy Page
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When I went over to the States to promote Outrider, everyone was telling me I was a blues guitarist. I'm not a bloody blues guitarist.…
— Jimmy Page
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...the blues appealed to me, but so did rock. The early rockabilly guitarists like Cliff Gallup and Scotty Moore were just as important to me…
— Jimmy Page
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Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.
— Joe Pass
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... Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's another one ..…
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Usually, no one quite knew where Django Reinhardt was going to be, but I met his brother and about an hour later in walks Django…
— Charlie Byrd
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Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a…
— Eddie Van Halen
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People ask me to describe how I play, and the most obvious answer is that I'm a jazz influenced guitar player. But I'm not a…
— Larry Carlton
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My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always were a lot…
— Lenny Breau
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