Guitar Quotes
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It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do.
Ziggy Marley -
We were influenced by classic country acts like Merle Haggard and George Jones and Hank Williams but also by Clapton and the Stones and all the rock acts like that. I mean, what guitar player didn't start out with 'Satisfaction'?
Leon Eric Brooks III Brooks & Dunn
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A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been.
Scott Ian Anthrax -
If you want to have any success in politics, sing softly and carry a big guitar.
Jimmie Davis -
I just go where the guitar takes me.
Angus McKinnon Young AC/DC -
I like to make my guitar sound mean.
Mark Thomas Tremonti Alter Bridge -
I don't spend afternoons practicing my guitar to get better. I do read, though, to get inspiration for my lyrics.
Mat Kearney -
To tell you the truth, I've never been really good at learning other people's stuff. I've been playing since I was 11, and I never took lessons. I kind of learned through hit and miss. I had the patience just because I loved guitar so much.
Mark Thomas Tremonti Alter Bridge
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I like The Smiths as well. They took a cue from The Buzzcocks. They have jangly guitars instead of distorted guitars. All the Manchester bands have a character about them. The Stone Roses and The Smiths and all that. Even if you don't like them, they have a certain original sound.
Steve Diggle Buzzcocks -
To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.
Scott Ian Anthrax -
I remember first seeing Barney Kessel, in the 1940s, standing on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, in his cowboy boots, sun glasses and hipster threads, holding his guitar case man, you just knew that cat could wail!'
Anita O'Day -
Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.
Vivian Campbell Def Leppard -
I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.
Ernie Isley The Isley Brothers -
I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.
Eddie Murphy
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When I first got a guitar, it was a Spanish, classical thing.
Roger Waters Pink Floyd -
I started out on guitar when I was nine years old, and I started playing bars and stuff when I was thirteen, and I've been playing ever since.
DJ Ashba Beautiful Creatures -
All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar.
Chuck Berry -
Sometimes you've got to draw a line between having all the options and being a slave to the things, using them every time you play the guitar. I'm trying to keep a real inconsistency to the pedals so that it is something new every time.
Josh Homme Queens of the Stone Age -
I just wanted to play my guitar.
Bobby Balderrama Question Mark & the Mysterians -
The most painful thing was falling off the stage in Sydney, Australia on the last song of the set, 'Sugar.' I was bruised all over. I don't know how the guitar survived, much less me.
Rick Savage Def Leppard
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I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.
Robin Trower Procol Harum -
I wasn't thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time.
Kurt Cobain Nirvana -
I played guitar and sang since the age of about 11. I was so lucky to go to a very cool and progressive working class rough and tough high school but still given so many opportunities to write and sing my own material.
Nick Van Eede Cutting Crew -
I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested.
Paul McCartney The Beatles