End Quote by Julian Bream

I would never say I 'play' guitar. But yeah, I play to write. Same with piano.

— Bibi Bourelly

The way I look at it, I'm a songwriter that just happens to play guitar.

— Rick Nielsen

I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano,

— Norah Jones

Music comes from the musician, not the instrument.

— Victor Wooten

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

Writing music is just like writing a book.

— Billie Eilish

Most of our songs were written on acoustic guitar before they made it to the practice stage.

— Dave Grohl

As a song-writer I have always written with one instrument - either guitar or piano - because I believe that if a song is…

— Chris de Burgh

I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is,…

— Florence Welch

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.

— Chuck Mangione

The guitar is an orchestra in itself.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

I can write songs without a guitar.

— Meredith Brooks