Famous Quotes & Sayings

Geddy Lee

The first song that made me interested in music was 'Oh, Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison. It was the guitar intro, that riff, that I really liked and made me listen in a different way.

Paul Simon

My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it.

Paul Simon

Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar.

Paul Simon

Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.

Kirk Hammett

It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.

Kirk Hammett

Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time.

Kirk Hammett

If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar.

Kirk Hammett

My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.

Kevin Eubanks

In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played that way. It is not until you get in the States that you find people using picks.

Kathleen Hanna

I like loud snare, and I like really treble-y guitars, and that's just never going to change.

Kaki King

I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.

Nick Offerman

I always call myself a "student" of the guitar.

Matt Cameron

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.

Mark Knopfler

I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.

Mark Knopfler

I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them.

Mark Knopfler

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.

Mark Knopfler

I shoulda learned to play the guitar.

Imogen Heap

I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums.

Hunter Hayes

Robert Duvall saw me playing at a restaurant in Louisiana and invited me to be an extra in his movie 'The Apostle.' He gave me a guitar for my sixth birthday, and I thought that was the coolest thing in the world.

J Mascis

It seemed so wimpy at first when I started to play [guitar]. So I started playing loud with lots of effects just to try to mimic the dynamic [of the drums]. Drums seemed a lot more expressive. [I was] Trying to emulate the feeling of playing the drums on the guitar - I guess that's why I played it so loud.

J Mascis

I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you know.

Matt Groening

If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the closet next to your shortwave radio, your karate outfit and your unicycle and we'll go inside and watch TV.

Juanes

I was touched by the magic of music. My way to communicate was through my guitar and music.

Miyavi

It feels like guitarists are samurais. You know, I'm playing a guitar, instead of a katana!

Neil Young

Starts out slow and then fizzles out altogether.

Neil Young

If I could go back in time and see any band, It would be Link Wray and the Raymen.

Neil Young

Link Wray... He was the beginning of Grunge, way before anybody you know.

Niccolo Paganini

I love the guitar for its harmony; it is my constant companion in all my travels.

Jim Croce

There' something about universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.

Jeremy Renner

I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratification. I don't need a script, I don't people, I don't need anything, cameras, I just have myself and my guitar, or keyboard.

Frank Zappa

Weedly-weedly-wee, make a face, hold your guitar like it's your weenie, point it heavenward, and look like you're really doing something. Then, you get a big ovation while the smoke bombs go off, and the motorized lights in your truss twirl around.

Frank Zappa

The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar; now that's my idea of a good time.

Frank Zappa

Shut Up and Play your Guitar.