Acoustic guitar Quote by Michael Gira

The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you…

— Zola Jesus

My solo music started as a way to really look inwards, and to spend time completely by myself with an instrument, without any outside…

— Hildur Gudnadottir

I really enjoy playing solo acoustic. I think it's good for me as a songwriter to stay in touch with what it takes to…

— Jeff Tweedy

And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement…

— Dave Navarro

I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and…

— Steve Lacy

You have to listen to what someone is doing and help them get to where they want to go, musically speaking. I play a…

— McCoy Tyner

A great guitar solo is really a song within a song. You can always go off and do your pageantry, but it has to…

— Orianthi

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

— Richie Sambora

Musicians want to be heard. So I'm not hiding. But I do like to leave it there onstage and be myself, in that sense.…

— Sixto Rodriguez

Solo, you don't have compromise. It gets back to what's great when you're a musician.

— Curt Smith

I can perform easily; I don't mind getting up in front of people at all. I've always sung and felt confident about that, and…

— Shawn Colvin

Working on my own vocals is something I've been avoiding. But, I'm constantly thinking of ways to be able to include my own vocals…

— Hans-Peter Lindstrøm