Acoustic guitar Quote by Chris Cornell

Describing certain sounds, there's a common language that guitar players have.

— Joe Perry

I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar.

— Mick Ronson

When words fail, the guitar speaks.

— George Szell

“That's because the guitar is speaking to you, bringing your senses alive. Music is an age-old language. It speaks to everyone, young and old.…

— Josephine Cox

There is something about guitars—maybe something magical—when played right, which evokes past, mysterious, barely-conscious sentiments, both individual and universal.

— John Fahey

But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest…

— John Fahey

Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was…

— Bobby Womack

Hendrix was a different kind of guitar player. It was like, 'Holy cow, this guy can sing, he can play all this weird stuff...…

— Rick Nielsen

Very few guitarists play nylon-string. They don't know how to get the sound out of them. That's something I've spent a lot of time…

— Jose Feliciano

A guitar is more than just a sound box... it is part of your soul.

— Manuel Velazquez

Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitar player in the world... a guy who mastered that instrument. It was talking when he played. And when…

— Bruno Mars

I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate…

— Adrian Belew