Guitar Quote by Susan Tedeschi

As long as you have those brilliant songs, it didn't matter how bad you played, or how bad he sang on 'em sometimes. It…

— Donnie Fritts

One day, I just decided I'm ready to go. So I went down with my guitar and sat on the front steps of Sam…

— Johnny Cash

"Rock Candy" was my first record. I had never been in a studio, so I was in shock and I had no idea if…

— Sammy Hagar

I'll never forget when I heard Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs for the first time. I was just blown away, and it changed…

— John Petrucci

Sam Cooke had a huge influence on me. He left the gospel field at one point and went into the secular, and he had…

— Aretha Franklin

My first records were KISS's 'Love Gun,' Twisted Sister's 'Stay Hungry,' and Motley Crue's 'Shout at the Devil.' That had immense influence on me.

— Tobias Forge

The thing is, I was more blues-oriented, more of a purist than in the pop world. That led me into a folk rock trio…

— Denny Laine

The first record I heard as a kid? My dad is a great soul and blues fan, so he showed me James Brown. That…

— Bakermat

I was into Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, the blues.

— Jeff Gutt

R&B and all that stuff was always very spare and spontaneous. Nobody made those records under solid gold situations. It was just in and…

— Ry Cooder

The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so…

— Cecilia Bartoli

... another guitar player who had a tremendous influence on my life was Howard Roberts ... I'd listened to a lot of Tal Farlow,…

— Jeff Baxter