Biggest influence Quote by Joe Bonamassa

That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.

— Joe Bonamassa

My first proper 'Here's your guitar, Joseph' was a 1981 Chiquita, one of those Erlewine travel guitars. And it was good for a four-year-old…

— Joe Bonamassa

I collect as many acoustic guitars as I need for a specific purpose. Acoustic guitars are really just tools for me.

— Joe Bonamassa

When you're 12 and, you know, slightly overweight and - for lack of a better word - white, and you're playing blues, you get…

— Joe Bonamassa

The blues, the way it's interpreted, is always a product of your environment, and so it's almost like food. You know, it's like you…

— Joe Bonamassa

At the end of the day, you really want to make sure that organic music, made by human beings, at least has a voice.

— Joe Bonamassa

If I'm soloing, I usually try to start with a theme, which will often stem from the blues.

— Joe Bonamassa

Greece was a muse. It inspired creativity in magical ways that I can't even begin to understand or explain.

— Joe Bonamassa

There was a rumour that I was buying Gibson. It circulated around the Internet... And I just go, 'How well off do you think…

— Joe Bonamassa

It's not enough to play a song: you have to inhabit it.

— Joe Bonamassa

I love to collect guitars made in the 1950s. I like preserving and playing them.

— Joe Bonamassa

I've always been a big fan of taking old songs and completely turning them on their head. Having no adherence to the fine tradition…

— Joe Bonamassa