Becomes Quote by Steve Coogan

I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.

— Nick Cave

The electric guitar and its players hold a place of privilege in the annals of rock music. It is the engine, the weapon, the…

— Daniel Levitin

Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.

— Michael Franti

I am totally against the war but violence is part of mankind and it's going to happen, but as musicians I think we've got…

— Elton John

But can a song stop a war? If Bob Marley and Bob Dylan couldn't do it, it can't be done.

— Henry Rollins

In the Sixties, the hippies said "Make love, not war," and that was naive. But it might be less naive to say "Make music,…

— Jaron Lanier

The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic…

— Hannah Arendt

Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.

— Dan Hill

When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it.

— Brian K. Vaughan

I have learned that there lies dormant in the souls of all men a penchant for some particular musical instrument an an unsuspected yearning…

— Mark Twain

Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds of adults

— Olara Otunnu

There is something about guitars—maybe something magical—when played right, which evokes past, mysterious, barely-conscious sentiments, both individual and universal.

— John Fahey