Andres Segovia

Andres Segovia
Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña, known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Spain. He is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time and the grandfather of the classical guitar. Many professional classical guitarists today are students of Segovia, or students of his students...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth21 February 1893
CountrySpain
cello electric heard whoever
Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?
guitar-music color voice
The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.
color thorough-knowledge quality
Every guitarist has a special quality of sound. The best ones will use a good ear, much sensitivity and a thorough knowledge of music to prepare the nuances and colors of sound.
piano-music piano-playing monsters
The piano is a monster that screams when you touch its teeth.
music guitar color
When I started to play with my fingernails, it was not just for volume. The most important thing was giving the guitar different colors in its voices...
tired thinking mind
You know what I think? If I am tired now, I don't mind, because I have eternity to rest.
teacher guitar effort
(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other.
patience men oil
A man without patience is a lamp without oil.
continuity originals hard
It is not so hard to be original, what is hard, is to be original with continuity.
teacher trying unions
I was my own teacher and pupil, in a comradeship so firm and persevering that the most trying incidents of my life served only to strengthen the union...
music beautiful ocean
The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees.