Guitar Quotes
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It wasn't like the other songs. There was no story, no conversation. This was just the feeling, without words or pictures, and it had nothing to do with Luther or his clean, stinging guitar. It was the sound of being outside, of being alien. It was the pulse that ran under everything and never let you forget that you were strange, that the world hurt just to touch.
Brenna Yovanoff
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In the physical universe, there are objects that include suns, planets, all life, and all matter in all dimensions. And then there is the space where all these things exist. That space is the vital element. For virtually every kid since 1968 who picked up a guitar to find his voice on the instrument, Jimmy Page has been the space that enables all our notes to be played.
Steven Siro Vai
Alcatrazz
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If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar .. it doesn't have to be an expensive one .. acoustic guitars aren't good for learning lead, because you can't play up very high on the neck and they take heavier-gauge strings which makes it hard to bend notes
Eddie Van Halen
Van Halen
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B.B. King will be remembered for his impressive skills on the guitar, that King defined the blue genre.
Chris Matthews
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I play guitar because I like to make loud noises. And the guitar is the coolest way to make a loud noise.
Kim Thayil
Soundgarden
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I have a 1969 Grammer Johnny Cash acoustic guitar, and it's so inspirational.
Joe Bonamassa
Black Country Communion
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I would have issues with directions songs were taking, but I never heard one of Carlos' Dangler basslines and said, "I don't like that, do something else." The same goes for the beat and the guitars. I think that's why we were able to make four albums together.
Paul Banks
Interpol
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My vocation is more in composition really than anything else-building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. ... I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened. ... I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising. ... I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing.
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin
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My dad gave $3 and a chicken for the first guitar I had.
Carl Perkins
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I only took about five guitar lessons in my life from an actual teacher. I learned fast that that wasn't for me. I didn't have the attention span to learn that way. So I learned the basics from my dad, then just from playing on stage, and watching other guitar players.
Jason Aldean
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I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar
Stephen Stills
Buffalo Springfield
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I always thought if a guy could play the guitar, he must be something really special.
Chrissie Hynde
Pretenders
