Electric guitar Quote by Daniel Levitin

The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a lot of…

— Keith Richards

Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants.

— David Lee Roth

The electric guitar's a pretty cheesy thing when you think about it, still working on those bits of wire and magnets for its sound.…

— Allan Holdsworth

I don't see any rock stars playing an electric guitar from some new maker like you see in the acoustic guitar world.

— Paul Reed Smith

As soon as you pick up a guitar, you're up against the legends of rock. The same goes with stadium drum kits and electric…

— Matt Bellamy

I've always loved the electric guitar: to hold it and work it and hear what it does is unreal.

— David Lynch

I know it is one of the most important instruments and inventions, the electric guitar, to me, since television or movies or anything like…

— John 5

I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.

— Nick Cave

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

— John Fahey

I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a…

— Jeff Beck

My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a…

— Slash

Let’s be realistic about this, the guitar can be the single most blasphemous device on the face of the earth. That’s why I like…

— Frank Zappa