Always Quote by Phil Anselmo

I love to play guitar. I've been writing my own songs on the axe since I was nine years old. I suck at leads.

— Phil Anselmo

My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a…

— Slash

The good thing about playing the guitar: You can take on different kinds of music. I'm always doing something different from the last thing…

— Ryan Adams

The guitar has become a textural instrument rather than a lead instrument. And I think that's probably a good thing.

— Matt Bellamy

I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.

— Ian Mcewan

My foundation is acoustic guitar, and it is finger-picking and all of that and sort of an orchestral style of playing. Lead guitar came…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.

— Peter Tork

I hate to do anything halfway so I leave the guitar alone.

— Henry Mancini

I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead…

— Lemmy

I tell people to listen really closely to the song when they're working out their guitar parts.

— Mike Campbell

I'm a guitar player. I've carved out my own style of guitar music, so I don't look for inspiration with playing guitar.

— Jamie Hince

I don't labour over my lead guitar solos; they're better just caught in the moment.

— Bryce Dessner