Guitar Quotes
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I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes.
Richie Sambora
Bon Jovi
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I pretty much wait for inspiration, then sit down at the piano or with the guitar. If I come up with something pretty cool, I put it on tape. If not, I just put the guitar down. I know these Nashville guys have a time each day they write, like a job. But I don't want a job! I like being a bum! My mother still asks me: "When are you gonna get a job?"
Jimi Jamison
Survivor
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I started out with the guitar and was a studio musician back in the 50s, and then got shot in my finger.
Dr. John
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My chosen instrument is guitar and, fortunately, I'm able to muddle through that. I can play guitar to the point where I can express myself artistically.
Joe Perry
Aerosmith
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I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do.
Stone Gossard
Pearl Jam
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At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of 'Rolling Stone' I ever bought.
Scott Ian
Anthrax
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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.
Ben Harper
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On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me.
Tommy Shaw
Styx
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But you make me sing like a guitar humming . . .
Neil Diamond
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It's the faster bands that made me want to play guitar, bands like The Jam.
Graham Coxon
Blur
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Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.
Josh Homme
Queens of the Stone Age
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It's really very easy for me to be in The Cardinals, because I bring my voice, my guitar, and my songs to them, and then we all play around to find out what works.
Ryan Adams
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If you were a performer that only had an acoustic instrument, back in the day you couldn't hide behind your guitar pedals or the production or the vibe. There was performance and then there was the song, and that was all that you had.
Will Sheff
Okkervil River
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Jimi Hendrix came on TV on this documentary and it was this African-American soulful black guy, playing an electric guitar, which I'd just started. And it just blew my head off. I had like an afro at the time, too. It was a bit all over the place. And it wasn't a thing to have an afro. No, that's kind of quite old school. You're supposed to have like a neatly cut shaped up haircut.
Michael Kiwanuka
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole...
Keith Richards
The Rolling Stones
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Someone told me the smile on my face gets bigger when I play the guitar.
Niall Horan
One Direction
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I guess anybody who plays can say that they play guitar, but if you want to be a guitarist, you've got to practice all the time and you've got to get good at it. It's more than just having one and playing it.
Jake Pitts
Black Veil Brides
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People forget the punk thing was really good for women. It motivated them to pick up a guitar rather than be a chanteuse. It allowed us to be aggressive.
Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie and the Banshees
