Dad Quote by Shura

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

— Jamie Blackley

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

— Ellie Rowsell

I was 16 when I started playing. I borrowed a friend's acoustic guitar, and I had a Beatles chord book. I just taught myself…

— Britt Daniel

I took piano lessons when I was really young, like five years old, and I didn't really enjoy that very much. It was kind…

— Washed Out

I taught myself until I was about 16. And then I studied classical guitar with some teachers.

— Jose Feliciano

I started playing guitar when I was 14.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught.

— Blackbear

My dad started teaching me how to play guitar when I was 13 years old. When he'd go to work, he'd map out guitar…

— Jason Aldean

I started playing guitar when I was eight. Well, I started piano and really liked it but never practiced, but it taught me how…

— Kerris Dorsey

I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers.

— Tom Chapin

I started playing guitar back in '56. I was a teenager, and guitars had just come in, and I had a thing for it…

— Roger McGuinn

I didn't start until I was 21, and most people I know were 13 when they had their first guitar - I missed that…

— Chris Rea