Guitar Quotes
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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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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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When I wrote the first album I had never played live before, and I'd never been on tour. So that was really just me and my guitar.
Amy Macdonald
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When I played out it was just me and the guitar but now it’s just messing with the full band for the longest time, kind of putting the show together and trying to make a live show that is worth people coming to and spending their money on.
Jordan Davis
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I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I was really driven and I was going to make it happen no matter what.
M.C. Brockert
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My first band was an Argentinian folk group when I was 10. When I was 12 I had my electric guitar, and by the time I was 13, the Beatles came into the scene, and that was over. So I have a mixture of all these traditions, and I think that's who I am, a mixture of everything.
Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla
Bajofondo
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I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar.
Ritchie Blackmore
Blackmore's Night
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Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It's the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
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I would have liked to grow up in Liverpool and become a rocker. I would have put my boots on, jeans and a leather jacket, and long hair and played the guitar.
Hasso Plattner
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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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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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The day before my 16th birthday I got my guitar.
Stevie Nicks
Fleetwood Mac
