Band Quote by Glen Campbell

We didn't have any instruments, so I had to use my guitar.

— Maybelle Carter

As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.

— Adam Jones

My first stringed instrument was a cigar box banjo where I cut and turned the pegs and strung the wires myself.

— Carl Sandburg

I gave a Collings dreadnought to a young guitar player in the Valley where I live because he didn't have a good acoustic, and…

— David Crosby

You've got this piece of wood and some wires, pickups and some strings. How somebody uses that configuration to make something memorable, that's what's…

— Don Felder

So I went ahead and made me a guitar. Igot me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in the middle of…

— Lightnin' Hopkins

I was actually very surprised after using some plastic necklaces on the strings, as the sound was very bright. Sometimes I just put something…

— Volker Bertelmann

My dad put a racket in my hand and pretty much said this is what you're going to do and I haven't regretted it…

— Christopher Eubanks

In reality, I never even got to have a Hank Williams instrument. I got a tie, a fishing lure and a check.

— Hank Williams III

I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.

— Cat Stevens

I didn't own a guitar when I was in the Germs. I would just borrow one from the opening band.

— Pat Smear

My aunt Maxie had a plastic guitar in her closet, and I started playing that, going nuts on it. I went to stay with…

— Benji Hughes