Acoustic guitar Quote by Zella Day

All I'm trying to do is simply play guitar and elicit this creativity from the instrument.

— Joe Bonamassa

I don't know what aids creativity. All I know is that it feels natural to hold a guitar in my hands and sing.

— Mark Kozelek

I write in the studio, I don't sit around with a piano or a guitar and write songs. I get satisfaction out of that…

— John Cale

Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

As a young performer, what you need to be doing is building your technique and musicality, not promoting your abilities - unless you're ready…

— Hilary Hahn

Exercise your creative muscles all the time, either through classes or through other artistic avenues like painting or dancing or even gardening, staying active…

— Tom Irwin

When I became a parent and hit my thirties, I got my hands on an acoustic guitar. I started writing quiet, simple songs at…

— Withered Hand

Writing is a good creative outlet... it's a supplement to my music.

— Hilary Hahn

Everything around you can use. It's like your tools and your material. Whether it's in performing arts like dance, or visual arts, or poetry,…

— Chath Piersath

I have been making music since I was a kid. I have written music since I was, like, seven or eight. I was in…

— Joyner Lucas

I'm very strong creatively, in my music.

— Leona Lewis

Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's…

— Burt Bacharach