Failure Quote by Yngwie Malmsteen

I was a very bad musician. I was the world's worst guitar player, so when I was performing solo with a guitar, I had…

— Loren Mazzacane Connors

I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes.

— Richie Sambora

When I think of a lot of the players I admire, they could always play their parts without hiding behind distortion and sustain. Put…

— John Petrucci

In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.

— Brad Paisley

Pushing myself against my own will really, because some of this stuff is hard. I don't consider myself to be a great guitar player,…

— Cody Johnson

What I've done from the very beginning is play everything with extreme accuracy. I never said to myself, 'Okay, if I put my fingers…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I made all my mistakes playing with people.

— Ringo Starr

Sometimes it's hard for me to just be the guitar player and lose myself.

— Adam Granduciel

If I was doing something that I really, really enjoyed I want to be perfect at it and not make mistakes and do everything…

— Grayson Allen

At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television the day…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly…

— Robert Benchley

It's crazy how every guitarist is their own worst critic in many ways.

— James Young