Book Quote by Joan Jett

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

— Ike Turner

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

My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it.

— Tyra Banks

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

— Corrie Ten Boom

You have to break your fingers to learn how to play guitar.

— Ester Dean

It hurts, but that’s all it does. The most difficult part of the training is training your mind. You build calluses on your feet…

— David Goggins

Practice, practice, practice. Practice until you get a guitar welt on your chest...if it makes you feel good, don't stop until you see the…

— Ted Nugent

Practice with your fingers and you need all day. Practice with your mind and you will do as much in 1 1/2 hours.

— Leopold Auer

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

When you learn an instrument, it takes an awful lot of time to just learn the scales, and then eventually when you have completely…

— Tenzin Palmo

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

I like to start by wiggling my fingers on top of guitar strings.

— Zacky Vengeance