Distortion Quote by Jeff Beck

It took me a long time to accept the idea that the guitar can take the place of a singer.

— Paul Gilbert

Mostly, I'm much more of a guitar player than I am a singer.

— Paul Gilbert

The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.

— George Benson

I started as a guitarist and couldn't find a decent singer, so I started providing my own vocals.

— Billy Squier

I just want to be a better guitar player, really.

— Colin Hay

You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.

— Natalie Imbruglia

I guess that somehow I've survived as a professional guitar player. I've made it 16 years now and I feel like I'm just getting…

— Monte Pittman

I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't expect to…

— Chris Cornell

I've always been a little bit in the background as a singer and even as an acoustic-guitar player, although I crank it up and…

— Nancy Wilson

I honestly and truly love and believe in what I'm making, and it's not a joke, whereas some people would take a singer-songwriter sitting…

— Casey Spooner

I knew I was a good singer - I've been singing my whole life, so I was comfortable enough with that - I felt…

— Luke Combs

When I think of a lot of the players I admire, they could always play their parts without hiding behind distortion and sustain. Put…

— John Petrucci