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Guitar Quotes

"The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice."

"The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice."

Andres Segovia, Spanish Musician

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"I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar."

"I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar."

Vivian Campbell, Irish Musician

Guitar, Job, School

75

"I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument."

"I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument."

Trevor Rabin, South African Musician

48

"Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded."

"Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Guitar, Hate, Want

38

"I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming."

"I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming."

Courtney Love, American Musician

Guitar, Want, World

38

"If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs."

"If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs."

Zakk Wylde, American Musician

37

"I'm starting to play all the melodies with kind of keyboard sound but playing it from the bass guitar."

"I'm starting to play all the melodies with kind of keyboard sound but playing it from the bass guitar."

Tom Jenkinson, English Musician

Guitar, Play, Sound

36

"If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy."

"If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

35

"For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument."

"For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument."

Andy Summers, English Musician

Guitar, Writing

33

"It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before."

"It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before."

James Taylor, American Musician

33

"My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am."

"My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am."

Joan Jett, American Musician

32

"Unfortunately, most of the songs that I write I don't write them with guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and that was probably one of the ones that left an opening for it. The song's all right, I wouldn't choose to sing it now."

"Unfortunately, most of the songs that I write I don't write them with guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and that was probably one of the ones that left an opening for it. The song's all right, I wouldn't choose to sing it now."

Roy Wood, English Musician

Guitar, Mind, Now, Right

32

"As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like."

"As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

31

"The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar."

"The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar."

Andy Summers, English Musician

Guitar, Obvious, Sound

31

"I started playing guitar when I was in my late teens, and within two years I was starting to play shows."

"I started playing guitar when I was in my late teens, and within two years I was starting to play shows."

Buzz Osborne, American Musician

Guitar, Play, Years

31

"I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth."

"I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth."

Martin Gore, English Musician

31

"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."

"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

30

"I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed."

"I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed."

Brownie McGhee, American Musician

29

"If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth."

"If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth."

Daisy Berkowitz, American Musician

Guitar, Sound, Will

28

"I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it."

"I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

27

"I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid."

"I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

27

"But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good."

"But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good."

Dweezil Zappa, American Musician

Guitar, Reality, Right, Song

27

"I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful!"

"I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful!"

Tom Verlaine, American Musician

Guitar, Jazz, Sound

27

"In Kid A and Amnesiac, the guitar becomes one more texture, difficult to separate from other textures."

"In Kid A and Amnesiac, the guitar becomes one more texture, difficult to separate from other textures."

Colin Greenwood, British Musician

27

"The guitar chose me."

"The guitar chose me."

Charlie Byrd, American Musician

26

"I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt."

"I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt."

Marc Ribot, American Musician

26

"The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish."

"The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish."

George Benson, American Musician

Guitar, Today, World

26

"I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar."

"I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar."

Stephen Stills, American Musician

Guitar, Learning, Play

26

"I've got holes in my guitar."

"I've got holes in my guitar."

Dick Dale, American Musician

26

"As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar."

"As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar."

Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian Singer

Guitar, Painting

26

"So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line, a keyboard and guitar part, and once the groove is going I launch into the song and sing my song over the top."

"So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line, a keyboard and guitar part, and once the groove is going I launch into the song and sing my song over the top."

Thomas Dolby, English Musician

26

"So it's more the musician in me that makes me stretch out and try different things more than anything. But, like a lot of guitar players, I have one certain niche that's my thing that I'm better at than the others."

"So it's more the musician in me that makes me stretch out and try different things more than anything. But, like a lot of guitar players, I have one certain niche that's my thing that I'm better at than the others."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

26

"I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I was really driven and I was going to make it happen no matter what."

"I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I was really driven and I was going to make it happen no matter what."

Teena Marie, American Musician

26

"I did play every little note on the guitar on that record."

"I did play every little note on the guitar on that record."

Lita Ford, American Musician

25

"I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar."

"I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

24

"I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school."

"I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school."

Alvin Lee, English Musician

Guitar, Practice, School

24

"I never liked mellow sounding guitar."

"I never liked mellow sounding guitar."

Tom Verlaine, American Musician

24

"Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that'll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months."

"Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that'll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months."

Eric Clapton, British Musician

24

"Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school."

"Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

24

"I have been playing a lot of keyboards, especially in the last five or six years. I suppose it gives you more scope than the guitar, although it does tend to make you write a different way."

"I have been playing a lot of keyboards, especially in the last five or six years. I suppose it gives you more scope than the guitar, although it does tend to make you write a different way."

Mick Ralphs, English Musician

24

"I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion."

"I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion."

Teena Marie, American Musician

23

"Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar."

"Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar."

Daisy Berkowitz, American Musician

23

"I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing."

"I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing."

Dan Hicks, American Musician

23

"Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!"

"Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!"

Jonathan Richman, American Musician

Guitar, Sound, Trying

23

"I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like."

"I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like."

Adrian Belew, American Musician

23

"Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis."

"Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis."

Andy Gibb, Australian Musician

Guitar, Play, Songs

22

"I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig."

"I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig."

Alvin Lee, English Musician

22

"I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players."

"I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players."

Robin Trower, English Musician

22

"I have no guitar technique."

"I have no guitar technique."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

22

"I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword."

"I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword."

Neil Diamond, American Musician

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