Guitar Quotes
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Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.
Steven Siro Vai
Alcatrazz
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I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play.
Ringo Starr
The Beatles
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Thom comes in with lots of lyrics, a melody and chords, and usually he strums it on acoustic guitar. we then take it from there and beat it up and arrange it. sometimes they need a lot of arrangement. sometimes they need absolutely nothing. sometimes thom will present a song and it's so obvious how it should be done. those are actually the hardest to do - the ones where we have free scope and it can go in any direction are the easiest ones to do.
Ed O'Brien
Radiohead
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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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Nothing can duplicate the sheer power and feeling you get from standing in front of your amp and bashing on your guitar.
James Hetfield
Metallica
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I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a guitar and noodle around, but it's rare.
Scott Ian
Anthrax
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We have a general frame work we go by usually because it’s all to do with guitar tunings, we try to keep switching to the minimum but we have no real system.
Jerry Horton
Papa Roach
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I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.
Nick Cave
The Birthday Party
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Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that point. It helped. It was a super-expensive guitar either, but something needs to steer you a bit, if you're playing an instrument that is really hard.
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin
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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
B. B. King
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You don't need to be talented. You don't even have to play the guitar to be a guitar player in a punk-rock band. So I, in a very naive and teenage way, said, "That's it. I'm going to be in a band."
Michael Stipe
R.E.M.
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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
