Albums Quote by Lee Ritenour

In 2010, I had been playing guitar for 50 years.

— Lee Ritenour

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing.

— Lee Ritenour

Zamajobe is great. She's a terrific singer from South Africa.

— Lee Ritenour

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and…

— Lee Ritenour

I always love making albums. I'm passionate about it and it's something that's healthy for the soul and spirit.

— Lee Ritenour

Well, Smoke n' Mirrors has very much a world music flavor and it doesn't park itself in one country. It borrows heavily from the…

— Lee Ritenour

Even though there are some great keyboard players on the album, there are a number of songs with no keyboard on them and the…

— Lee Ritenour

I always recommend to any player to always compose their own music. It's one of the best things you can do to find a…

— Lee Ritenour

I had redesigned my entire amplifier system for this tour because airlines are very strict now.

— Lee Ritenour

If you play the very subtle jazz tunes with acoustic pianos, acoustic bass and it's a dead standard, you are going to play very…

— Lee Ritenour

I used a baritone guitar with a very unusual tuning that became the body of the composition, while the classical guitar is on top…

— Lee Ritenour

My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and…

— Lee Ritenour