Birthday Quote by Roy Orbison

My dad taught me to play the guitar.

— Noah Kahan

At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play.

— Lou Barlow

My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't start playing…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

When I was 15, I got super into Eric Clapton. My father took notice of this and got me a guitar for Christmas.

— Elias

My dad bought me a guitar when I was very young, and I never looked back.

— Arthur Darvill

I got a guitar when I was six and, instead of learning other people's songs, started to try to write my own, even at…

— Russell Crowe

I've played the guitar since I was 12, and just taught myself songs chord by chord.

— Jamie Blackley

I first picked up a guitar at seven after watching Dad play at backyard barbecues.

— Cody Simpson

I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

— Adrian Belew

My dad had an acoustic guitar, and I remember I was like 12 when I started learning to play chords.

— Ellie Rowsell

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

— Warren Zevon

When I was 12, I wanted to learn how to play the guitar, and I found a chord book in a shop, and I…

— Johnny Depp