“ They said, "You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are. The man replied, "Things as they are changed upon a blue guitar.". ”
- Wallace Stevens- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills' model of Martin guitars. It's beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately. ”
- Graham Nash- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar. ”
- Jimi Hendrix- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument. ”
- Steve Vai- Copy
- 1.3K
“ The first guitar player I saw putting on a show was Guitar Slim - I must've been 13 years old - he came out riding that guitar, wearing a bright red suit. I thought; 'I wanna sound like BB King, but I wanna play guitar like THAT. ”
- Buddy Guy- Copy
- 166
“ I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50 years to make sounds that no one has heard before is truly what gets me off. ”
- Jeff Beck- Copy
- 2.9K
“ I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me. ”
- Richard Thompson- Copy
- 113
“ Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything. ”
- Joe Pass- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you. ”
- Ted Nugent- Copy
- 3.4K
“ I am Classic Rock Revisited. I revisit it every waking moment of my life because it has the spirit and the attitude and the fire and the middle finger. I am Rosa Parks with a Gibson guitar. ”
- Ted Nugent- Copy
- 1.5K
“ I like jazz, but I could never play it. You just sit there with a guitar the size of a Chevy on your chest, wearing a stupid hat, playing the same solo for an hour. ”
- Dave Mustaine- Copy
- 3.5K
“ My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I was 8, and started trying to write songs as a teenager. ”
- Toby Keith- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Imagining playing the guitar is a slightly looser thing than playing it. You can hear more things sometimes. The fingers of your imagination aren't quite as hidebound as your real fingers. ”
- Richard Thompson- Copy
- 399
“ To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. ”
- Richard Thompson- Copy
- 3.5K
“ My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it. ”
- Randy Travis- Copy
- 1.4K
“ My folks got me a single cutaway Kay. It was acoustic but it also had a pickup. That's the guitar I learned to play on. ”
- Carl Wilson- Copy
- 3.8K
“ I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the string, which is a lot closer to the source of the sound making. ”
- Ian Williams- Copy
- 2.7K
“ I've always been a tapper, as in, on tables, school desks, my legs and chest. I've eventually been able to figure out how to move that to the guitar. ”
- Ian Williams- Copy
- 2.7K
“ I saw all the women and I figured that looked good. I was horney. I got a guitar off my brother and started playing anything. ”
- Angus Young- Copy
- 2.4K
“ We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. ”
- Decca Recording Co.- Copy
- 2.2K
“ My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. ”
- Jimmy Page- Copy
- 1.1K
“ My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who i am. ”
- Joan Jett- Copy
- 444
“ I was not a musician at the time. I had an acoustic guitar and I used to sing folk music and Bob Dylan songs. I loved rock and roll though. ”
- Michael Davis- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Someday they're gonna write a blues song just for fighters. It'll be for slow guitar, soft trumpet, and a bell. ”
- Sonny Liston- Copy
- 1.1K
“ I was working in a parking lot, which is a great place to learn the guitar. I sat in the booth and practiced all day long. And only two cars were stolen while I worked there. ”
- John Flansburgh- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry Garcia. The ball changes everything. ”
- Michael Bamberger- Copy
- 912
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