Al Quote by Mark Salling

I grew up not really listening to guitar players. Especially when I was studying music, I was just interested in piano players and arrangers…

— Daniel Rossen

I was a kid that grew up listening to The Beatles and The Stones and Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, and…

— Joe Satriani

All the really good guitar players - Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or even Bert Jansch or John Martin - I love all those people.…

— James Vincent McMorrow

When I grew up, I had influences as diverse as Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix.

— Billy Squier

I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot of scoring…

— Matthew James Thomas

I grew up around guitar players.

— Charlie Haden

There are people who are great technical players like Eric Clapton, and there are people who are great intuitive songwriters like Daniel Johnston. There…

— Jeffrey Lewis

My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always were a…

— Lenny Breau

If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me…

— Pat Metheny

I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner... And at the other…

— Brad Paisley

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm…

— PJ Harvey

Growing up, I became a huge fan of Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins. That's where I really started developing my songwriting skills on…

— Lara Fabian