Complement Quote by Dave Navarro

We're losing the whole point: music is not to impress people, music has to stand up on its own and guitar solos are nothing…

— Gary Moore

Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world.

— John Frusciante

Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care *most* about, but it's really the…

— Joe Satriani

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

— Richie Sambora

I think a good guitar solo sounds so much better within the context of a good song.

— Gary Moore

Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

— Anonymous

I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me…

— Michael Gira

We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.

— Tina Weymouth

I feel like the songs that I write are best when they are performed by an ensemble, rather than by one solo instrument.

— Thalia Zedek

Solo, you don't have compromise. It gets back to what's great when you're a musician.

— Curt Smith

Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.

— J Mascis

For me, if we're going to have a guitar solo, it needs to be over the top.

— Wayne Static