Gigs Quote by John Abercrombie

I enjoy doing my gigs and I keep my hand in by putting records out now and again. You can't really get over the…

— Chesney Hawkes

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

— Richie Sambora

I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind.

— Graham Nash

Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care *most* about, but it's really the…

— Joe Satriani

I love playing guitar every night, and to be at this point where it's like, the songs are done and I'm happy with the…

— Adam Granduciel

It's easy listening to a record, but a live performance is so personal and real.

— Gin Wigmore

Sometimes when a record's done, I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while 'cause I'm usually pretty tired of the…

— Joe Perry

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it.

— Stephen Sondheim

I have a hard time listening to things I've recorded. I don't necessarily go back and enjoy it. Occasionally I'll have the iPod on…

— Brian d'Arcy James

That's why I've never made a live album - I can't bear listening to myself!

— Chris Rea

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at…

— Jeff Beck

I'm not technical. When I listen to music, I gravitate more toward the sonic aspect of it. The technical stuff of it, I get…

— Joey Santiago