Guitar Quote by Julian Bream

... Andres Segovia literally created the genre of classical guitar, which hadn't existed before around 1910. There was flamenco, which he borrowed from, but…

— Roger McGuinn

Segovia was a Spaniard and it seemed natural that he should play the guitar.

— Julian Bream

When I was 15, I became an avid fan of Andres Segovia. He brought so much respectability to the guitar.

— Jose Feliciano

My dad was a really good classical guitarist. He took lessons with a student of Andre Segovia.

— Jason Becker

Some composers end up writing for the guitar as they would write piano music or, more often, harp music. It isn't the same.

— Julian Bream

I learned mainly by listening to Andres Segovia and that was a great inspiration. And also the gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.

— Julian Bream

When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso…

— Andres Segovia

The guitar is the most beautiful of all instruments.

— Julian Bream

What draws people to the instrument is the love for guitar players that play a certain way. I mean, even though it wasn't intentional,…

— Tom Morello

I don't know what draws these other composers to opera, but for me, it's just this incredibly rich medium for storytelling. And no matter…

— Stephen Schwartz

It is difficult to understand the fortunes of an instrument. There was music written for the guitar until the mid-19th century. Then the instrument…

— Julian Bream

My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony…

— B. B. King