Backgrounds Quote by Mark Hoppus

So I went ahead and made me a guitar. Igot me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in the middle of…

— Lightnin' Hopkins

At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that y'all did…

— Gregg Allman

I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I…

— Kim Gordon

My every thought in a pool as a kid

— Katie Grabil

My entire style of playing was built around somebody else playing guitar with me, a story that, on its own, sounds unfinished.

— Carrie Brownstein

When a song came on the radio that I wanted to learn, my mother would quickly write down the lyrics for me. Soon after,…

— Kiran Ahluwalia

Grandaddy always had Hank playing out in the garage. I heard it so much I just started singing. It was like jumping in a…

— Mason Ramsey

What inspired me was the love of making music and having no one around and just saying, 'I've gotta figure this out.'

— Russ

It's not just a song I sing with my hand raised but also with a billfold I've laid.

— Johnny Hunt

I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and…

— Otis Rush

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

I've been singing and playing the guitar ever since I can remember.

— Glen Campbell