Fast Quote by John Petrucci

There's just certain styles of playing that you do play in your own way. Maybe it's in the way your fingers bend, for all…

— Keith Richards

As far as guitar picking, if I make the same mistakes at the same time every day, people will start calling it a style.

— John Prine

I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I bash away…

— Suzanne Vega

You can batter your guitar, and it won't distort too much, which is important for me because I play with my hands a lot…

— James Vincent McMorrow

I'm not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn't come into it.

— Jimmy Page

When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar.

— Les Paul

Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential... Whenever musicians…

— Howard Roberts

When you watch your favorite guitarists play, notice how little their hands and fingers move sometimes. The economy of motion can't be overemphasized.

— John Petrucci

I feel my spot is somewhere between a bass player and a rhythm guitar player. I play with a pick. I play very aggressively.…

— Nikki Sixx

There's always more than one way to play the same notes because of the nature of guitar.

— Paul Gilbert

Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.

— Anonymous

I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas…

— Tommy Bolin