Becoming Quote by James Iha

In my own musical existence I don't feel that being a guitar player is like the best thing on earth to be. I would…

— Jerry Garcia

I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and…

— Ann Powers

For me, the guitar was just a tool to make songs. I started when I was 10 - I learned what I had to…

— Anna Ternheim

I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career…

— Jerry Jeff Walker

I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on…

— Scott Ian

To be honest, the biggest reason I write music and became a musician was to create the amount of joy that I felt about…

— Hozier

I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still have a desire to…

— John Congleton

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of…

— Doug Martsch

I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I'd rather be known as a songwriter than a guitarist, although I love to play the guitar.

— Rick Nielsen

When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to…

— Chris Daughtry

Over the years I hope I've become more of a musican and less of a guitarist.

— Larry Coryell