Guitar Quote by Lee Ranaldo

I was never a fan of open tunings, because some people will do that and fumble around. But that's not my jam.

— Brian Fallon

I think Thurston's and my weird tunings lent Sonic Youth a very different sound from the get-go. In the band's 30 years - aside…

— Lee Ranaldo

The first song I learned on the guitar was a Kenny Chesney song called 'What I Need to Do'; it was just an easy…

— Sam Hunt

When you're playing guitar, it's the tiny little nuances that make the difference. For me, obviously, tunings is a huge one.

— Ben Howard

I got into alternative rock in the early 80s, bands like Husker Du and The Replacements. Bob Mould's playing was a huge influence. It…

— John Rzeznik

A lot of the time I use slide tuning for rhythm parts. I play a lot of slide in regular tuning as well as…

— Rory Gallagher

I think that open tunings are a trap really because it's really hard not to sound like an open tuning when your using one…

— Leo Kottke

Once I got the open tunings for some reason, I began to get the harmonic sophistication that I heard that my musical fountain inside…

— Joni Mitchell

As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.

— Lemmy

I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore…

— Eddie Van Halen

I actually learned the guitar with the help of a Pete Seeger instructional record when I was 13 or 14.

— David Gilmour

If you are having trouble making a chord, get a book, that is how I learned. There are guitar tuning apps so you can…

— Joan Jett