Answers Quote by Simon Cowell

I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like guitar lessons and I…

— Simon Cowell

When I was 14, I bought myself a cheap electric guitar and tried to teach myself.

— Himesh Patel

Yeah, my very first teacher when I was 6 was a big influence, because it was so boring that I quit guitar.

— Paul Gilbert

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

— Lou Barlow

In middle school, I had this one teacher who would kick me out all the time. He just didn't like me. I could ask…

— Arnaz Battle

I got thrust a guitar by my mum as a little kid and always played it. I sort of fell in and out of…

— Ben Howard

When I was about 12, I wanted a CD player for Christmas, but instead my parents gave me a really crappy electric guitar.

— Sam Endicott

I remember my brother was always a jerk to me. One time, he bought Jimi Hendrix's 'Smash Hits,' and he gave it to me…

— Darius Rucker

I play the guitar. I taught myself how to play the guitar, which was a bad decision... because I didn't know how to play…

— Mitch Hedberg

The music teacher thought I sang like a goat. It was kind of devastating. A few months after that, I participated in a music…

— Shakira

I picked Dad's guitar up when I was 8. It hurt to play, so I put it down and picked it back up when…

— Dustin Lynch

When I was 15, I begged my grandfather to give me this guitar he'd always had in the back of his closet. I promised…

— Valerie June