Wes Montgomery Quotes
- Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums. — Ritchie Blackmore
- 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
- People who love jazz musicians love us when we play what we want to play and we're starving. But as soon as you commercialize your… — George Benson
- Back in the day in my teens I was listening to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery a lot; before that I was listening to what… — Larry Carlton
- I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived. — Kevin Eubanks
- If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me in… — Pat Metheny
- My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker,… — Alvin Lee