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I made the first Feist album in '98. So at that point, it was my nickname. It was as far as with my circle…

— Feist

I absolutely remember when I decided upon playing Ernie Ball strings, and it was right then and there at the guitar store up in…

— Zacky Vengeance

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

— Slash

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

— Kirk Hammett

I always loved rock guitar. I just never put it together that that's what I'd end up doing. I had no aspirations to be…

— Slash

Instruments fascinate me because they're completely awkward. When I picked up a guitar for the first time I was like, "What is this?" because…

— Brie Larson

I picked up the guitar at 15 because of Taylor Swift.

— Nina Nesbitt

I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of…

— James Blunt

There's people that say “It's not fair You have all that stuff.” I wasn't born with it. It was a horrible process to get…

— Louis C. K

I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one…

— Greg Lake

I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do.

— Stone Gossard

When I picked up my guitar, I spent the first day learning the chord E, the second day A, then B7, and all of…

— Ian Gillan

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.

— Tracy Chapman

I was trained at classical piano as a youngster back in PA. To rebel, I bought a drum set and played in some rock…

— Jeff Cardoni

And, so, when I picked up the guitar, suddenly, just playing a couple of notes really, really spoke to me. It was almost like…

— Slash