Crucial Quote by Rory Gallagher

My brother was very important to me. And he played guitar. So that's what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a guitar…

— Bootsy Collins

As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.

— Lemmy

When I decided to be a musician I was hoping that it would be one of my contributions in having a positive impact on…

— Goapele

Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated…

— Robert Smith

My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a…

— George Benson

I wanted to be a guitar player.

— Kristian Nairn

What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He…

— Geezer Butler

What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of Wings Over America. It looked so…

— Alan Licht

In my world, before I knew about Eddie Van Halen, I was playing piano, and at that point in my teenage life, I thought…

— Lzzy Hale

I learnt fairly quickly that that was what I wanted to be - a guitarist - because it was the first thing I ever…

— Gary Moore

I loved playing the guitar and I knew I was pretty good at it, so that's what I wanted to do with my life.

— Ace Frehley

I wanted to be known as a better musician more than anything.

— Tiffany Darwish