Different Quote by Mick Ralphs

That it's a lot harder to make a keyboard sound not-cheesy than a guitar.

— Julian Casablancas

I tend not to write on guitar very often. I tend to start off with keyboards.

— Brian May

The first reason why I started to use the [electric] keyboard is because I really like the bending sound of the guitar and bass…

— Hiromi

Guitar is great for a certain thing, but a piano is so much more expansive.

— Mick Ralphs

We weren't listening to guitar bands, we were thoroughly ashamed of being a guitar band. So we bought loads of keyboards and learned how…

— Thom Yorke

I would never say I 'play' guitar. But yeah, I play to write. Same with piano.

— Bibi Bourelly

I wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano…

— Mitski

It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.

— Andy Summers

I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano,

— Norah Jones

I either write songs on guitar, or... I don't ever have a keyboard with me, but like, my keyboard on the laptop.

— Jay Watson

I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down.…

— Noel Gallagher

For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.

— Andy Summers