"You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal."

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"I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway."

Brian May, English Musician

Guitar, Pretty, Sound

"My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there."

Brian Eno, British Musician

Guitar, Play

"I didn't know that you were supposed to tune the guitar to an open chord, and I learned to play slide with a normal tuning. I think it's a little more melodic that way and doesn't sound so bluesy. Of course, if I could play like David Lindley or Ry Cooder, I'd be a happy man!"

Ken Hensley, English Musician

Guitar, Open, Play, Sound

"For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar."

Marc Almond, British Musician

Guitar, Old, Play, Song

"When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting."

Sheryl Crow, American Musician

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"The guitar chose me."

Charlie Byrd, American Musician

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"I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice."

Boz Scaggs, American Musician

Guitar, Jazz, Voice

"I'm thinking about learning a few new things - like taking classical guitar lessons - and I'd like to bring what I learn into hard rock."

Mick Mars, American Musician

Guitar, Learning, Thinking

"I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it."

Eric Clapton, British Musician

Guitar, Worth

"It's the faster bands that made me want to play guitar, bands like The Jam."

Graham Coxon, German Musician

Guitar, Play, Want

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"I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway."

"My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there."

"I didn't know that you were supposed to tune the guitar to an open chord, and I learned to play slide with a normal tuning. I think it's a little more melodic that way and doesn't sound so bluesy. Of course, if I could play like David Lindley or Ry Cooder, I'd be a happy man!"

"For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar."

"When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting."

"The guitar chose me."

"I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice."

"I'm thinking about learning a few new things - like taking classical guitar lessons - and I'd like to bring what I learn into hard rock."

"I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it."

"It's the faster bands that made me want to play guitar, bands like The Jam."

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"It's not my goal to be a famous actor."

"I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success."

"When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands."

"I'm like a junkie for writing."

"I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy."

"The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record."