Combination Quote by Eric Clapton

I'm just beginning to develop callouses on my fingers, because I haven't played a lot.

— Ike Turner

I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I bash away…

— Suzanne Vega

I very rarely play with my fingers anymore. Again, with the flatwounds, the pick gives me a really nice solid punch.

— Cliff Williams

Don't let your hands dictate what you think you can do. Look at fingerboard charts and imagine your eyes dancing on the notes you…

— Allan Holdsworth

Even though I'll do finger warm-ups that go up and down the neck to build up my chops and dexterity, I never, ever sit…

— Dimebag Darrell

A lot of blues guitarists play with only three fingers, and they can't figure out certain runs that require the use of their little…

— Ritchie Blackmore

Fingerpicking for me was like learning how to walk in your 30s.

— Monica Barbaro

Get a scalpel, and practice just, say, cutting a piece of meat or something like that. You sort of learn how you want to…

— Denton Cooley

I'm very comfortable playing off-technique, playing press technique. I've just had to do it in so many different systems and switch up.

— Jason McCourty

From the start, I held the pick in an unusual way. I used to bend my thumb way back in order to get a…

— Paul Gilbert

Get a book, so you know where to put your fingers. Otherwise it would be tough to learn. Also you have to fight through…

— Joan Jett

I play a lot of board games, so you need to be quite good at strategy and poker faces so people can't always read…

— Kate Herron