David Russell Quotes

United Kingdom, Guitarist
June 1, 1953

David Russell is a classical guitarist. He plays Matthias Dammann guitars. Widely known for his near flawless tone and diverse repertoire, Russell is one of the most distinguished and accomplished classical guitarists in the world.

We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.

David Russell
- World
- Live
- Logic
Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination.

David Russell
- Life
- May
- Journey

I pluck with my fingernails. If I break a nail, I can't cancel a concert. So I can make a nail out of a ping-pong ball.

David Russell
If you have a piece by Bach, he often develops the piece to such a high level that you can hardly do much more to it. But Saint-Luc wrote very simple baroque music, and so if you do not embellish it, it just falls apart. It's way too simple.

David Russell
- Music
- High
- Simple
The present is a point just passed.

David Russell
- Present
I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.

David Russell
- Up
- Bad
My father kind of had hopes that I was going to become an artist like him - the typical thing. Of course I could play guitar better than him when I was about 12. But I couldn't paint better than him. So I went, 'I'm going to be the guitarist of the house, not the painter.'

David Russell
- Father
- House
My parents are artists and they decided they would prefer to paint in the Mediterranean rather than in Scotland.

David Russell
- Parents

The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

David Russell
- Life
- Bridge
If the price is very cheap then it's almost certainly a fake.

David Russell
- Fake