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Quotes About Guitar

I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!
~ Malin Akerman
Nylon string is still a new love and I'm not tired of it yet.
~ Mark Kozelek
My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune.
~ Bob Dylan
In the beginning was Scream Who begat Blood Who begat Eye Who begat Fear Who begat Wing Who begat Bone Who begat Granite Who begat Violet Who begat Guitar Who begat Sweat Who begat Adam Who begat Mary Who begat God Who begat Nothing Who begat Never Never Never Never Who begat Crow Screaming for Blood Grubs, crusts Anything Trembling featherless elbows in the nest's filth
~ Ted Hughes
La guitarra en el ropero para siempre está colgada, nadie en ella toca nada ni hace sus cuerdas sonar.
~ Julio Cortazar
What I love is when I play gigs, it's just me and a guitar - very simple, very direct and intimate, and you hear every lyric, and you hear every detail.
~ Passenger
My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so I wanted to, also. I asked my dad for a guitar, and he got me a banjo, so that was my introduction to playing. I played it like a guitar. I had a few lessons, learned out a few chords, and figured it out right away.
~ Kurt Vile
I contend that if it wasn't for Jimi, the gadgets we use for electric guitars now wouldn't have happened. He was an inventor, in a sense - as well as being great artist.
~ Jose Feliciano
When I was younger, and Iron Maiden and Def Leppard and all that stuff was coming out, I was learning all those songs and trying to play guitar and develop my chops. I was a big fan.
~ John Petrucci
I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.
~ Robin Trower
I put together the idea for G3 because I felt isolated. The success of being a 'guitar hero' kept me away from all my friends who were guitar players. I thought it would be a lot more fun to play with them.
~ Joe Satriani
From the first album, we've had songs like 'The Jack' that are blues based. We also did it in 'Ride On,' where we went into the blues.
~ Angus Young
In the '90s, I think I rediscovered my guitar. The Jam was obviously very guitar-based, but in the Style Council I just got really disillusioned with playing the guitar. The further it went on, the less and less I played, to a point where I couldn't pick it up any more.
~ Paul Weller
I was never a fan of open tunings, because some people will do that and fumble around. But that's not my jam.
~ Brian Fallon
I love to sing - whenever I am not on set, I am usually in my room jamming out with my guitar.
~ Peyton List
I never liked blues and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.
~ Johnny Ramone
I discovered flamenco when I was 14, before I even got involved with jazz music. I was so crazy about flamenco music. I wanted to be a flamenco guitar player.
~ John McLaughlin
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
I always loved the Yardbirds when I was a kid, you know; I was always into Jeff Beck and everything.
~ Gary Moore
I'd like to be able to get more girls to play guitar. I think with a girl playing electric guitar, sometimes it's seen a bit like a guy doing ballet. All the people I learned guitar from have been guys. There are some great female players, like Bonnie Raitt and Jennifer Batten, but very few.
~ Orianthi
I'm a huge fan of Joe Walsh and a big James Gang fan. A lot of what I know about playing the guitar I learned from listening to him.
~ Tom Scholz
I have a 1969 Grammer Johnny Cash acoustic guitar, and it's so inspirational.
~ Joe Bonamassa
John Mayer and Jack Johnson are two of my all-time favorites. I love Colbie Caillat and really cool, beach-y, guitar, acoustic type music.
~ Halston Sage
I was into Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, the blues.
~ Jeff Gutt