Cannot Quote by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Some composers end up writing for the guitar as they would write piano music or, more often, harp music. It isn't the same.

— Julian Bream

I believe that musical instruments are created because they are supposed to be played. There's not an instrument that's been designed to not be…

— Jack Garratt

When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso…

— Andres Segovia

I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.

— Jackie DeShannon

“Rhythm is a conception, not a physical reality. It is true that, to be realized in music, rhythm must be marked by some sort…

— Henry Cowell

The guitar is the most unpredictable and least reliable musical instrument in existence...and also the sweetest, the warmest, the most delicate, whose melancholic voice…

— Andres Segovia

The history of music is mortal, but the idiocy of the guitar is eternal.

— Milan Kundera

It's not crazy to want to have certain songs be developed harmonically and still want to make noise with the guitar. And you can…

— Elvis Costello

There are only so many chords and notes in the world.

— Jake Shears

I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on…

— Bradford Cox

Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.

— Joe Pass

A melody without the right rhythm hardly exists.

— Rokia Traore