Guitarists Quotes

38 quotes by 35 authors

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
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
I really wasn't needed... Just straightening up riffs, that's all. Just two guitarists doing it instead of one. — Jimmy Page
...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
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
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
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
The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos,… — Joe Perry
A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out of his shoes.… — William Christopher Handy
After the Soft Boys I just didn't want to work with any more guitarists. — Robyn Hitchcock
There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them — Tommy Shaw
I don't play for the guitarists in the audience. Â I play for the musicians. — Frank Gambale
Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding everything… — Tina Weymouth
The harmonious efforts which our guitarists produce unconsciously represent one of the marvels of natural art. — Manuel de Falla
The composers hated me. The singers detested me. The guitarists were terrified by me. — Bulat Okudzhava
Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its… — Cub Koda
It feels like guitarists are samurais. You know, I'm playing a guitar, instead of a katana! — Miyavi
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky… — B B King
Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the… — Dan Auerbach
Michael Sunday and I are the original members of the band. We first did it just for charities and benefit concerts. It was very ad-hoc,… — Peter Tork

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