Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Navarro

And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement the music rather than take away from it.

Robby Benson

I started playing guitar when I was 6 or 7 years old, and I think that, within a week of getting my first guitar, I started writing music. I just love it.

Dr. John

In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown up with in New Orleans in the 1940s and 1950s. I tried to keep a lot of the little changes that were characteristic of New Orleans, while working my own funknology on piano and guitar.

The Edge

A trumpet sounds pretty much like a trumpet, and that's true of a lot instruments; pianos sound like pianos, but there's something about the guitar - the range of possibilities is much broader.

Michelle Branch

When people ask me if I have a boyfriend, I tell them it's my guitar because, really, it's what takes up all my time.

Michael Storm

When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar.

Matt Tong

There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.

Pat Metheny

And if I ever DO see [Kenny G] anywhere, at any function - he WILL get a piece of my mind, and maybe a guitar wrapped around his head.

Pat Metheny

From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

Sam Lewis

During the playoffs the teams really come at you and we're going to be the team to beat.

Andrea Bocelli

When I was very young, I started trying to sing like the great tenor Mario Lanza; my family used to play his records. We all learn best by imitating others.

Ana Gasteyer

I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.

Amy Winehouse

I can play a lot of different instruments adequately but nothing really well.

Amy Winehouse

If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.

Alex Rodriguez

It takes a lot of pressure off you just to go out and play, and your talent sometimes shines even more when you don't worry about individual stuff.

Alessandro Del Piero

Had I found the back of the net it would have been a double satisfaction but I've scored many goals and the important thing was for me to play well.

Alejandro Amenabar

Sometimes it depends on the actor or the actress. Sometimes they demand a lot of rehearsals. Sometimes they don't. Making movies is not like making a play, so I guess you can leave some of the work for improvisation when they do the work.