Guitar Quotes

Rock guitar has been around for decades now, and there are so many strong traditions, and so much of it is just burned into my fingers. So, nine times out of 10, when I pick up the guitar to jam something, it sounds pretty cliche. Rivers Cuomo
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Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur can touch her right now for emotional excess or musical reach - her punk is so punk, her disco is so disco. The red sequins on her guitar match the ones on her microphone, her shoes and 80 percent of the crowd. Rob Sheffield
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At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums... ' They were Indian drums. And I was saying, 'But that guitar. That guitar. Girls are going to like that guitar.' Robbie Robertson
Saying Great Age Guitar Thought Girl Young Indian Wow Pretty Like Drums Were Going Mandolin Young Age Fiddle Cool Thing
I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar player and some other guys. Robbie Robertson
Guitar Band Group Other Guitar Player Some Guys Feel Singer Real Been Where Lucky Player
Some bands today have the experience of really working together and honing their craft. And other bands are very much like, 'I just got a guitar for Christmas, let's start a band.' And you can hear the difference. Robbie Robertson
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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. Robby Benson
Love Music Writing Guitar Old First Think Week Within Years Getting Just Started Playing
One of my great frustrations for 35 years at the paper was the fact I couldn't play a record for the reader when I was writing about an artist. How can you describe the beauty of Emmylou Harris' voice without hearing it, the sensual lilt of a Duane Allman guitar solo without actually hearing it, or the growl of Johnny Rotten without hearing it? Robert Hilburn
Great You Writing Guitar Beauty Harris Paper Solo Record About Johnny Voice Fact Reader Without How Years Hearing Artist Frustrations Sensual Describe Rotten Play Actually
I got really, really sick with a spinal infection that put me in a hospital for a couple of months, and it was touch and go. I had my guitar with me, and as soon as I got well enough to play, there was nothing else to do in that hospital. The nurses would come in and request songs. Robert Hunter
Me Guitar Nothing Sick Enough Else Nurses Months Would Spinal Touch Hospital Had Songs Put Soon Come Couple Well Well Enough Got Go Infection Request Really Play
My father had a friend who actually had a hollow-body bass guitar and didn't work through an amp, but because it was hollow body, I could play it. So I kind of played on that for about a year, learning scales and all that. And here I am. Robert Trujillo
Work Learning Guitar Father Year Bass Scales Kind About About A Year Could Through Had Because Am Friend Hollow Body Who Play Actually Amp Played Here
There were a lot of different styles in the house - Motown, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, jazz - and my dad played flamenco guitar. Soon I realized that bass was what was really grooving me. Robert Trujillo
Me Guitar Jazz Bass Soon House Styles Were Led Led Zeppelin Lot Motown Rolling Stones Rolling Stones Different Realized Really Different Styles Dad Zeppelin Played
I knew Rocky George, the guitar player, 'cause I went to junior high school with him, so I've known him for many years. Robert Trujillo
Guitar School Cause Guitar Player High High School Knew Him Known George Years Rocky Junior Junior High Junior High School Many Player
When I first heard the song 'Eruption,' which is Eddie Van Halen's most famous solo composition, I was confused because it sounded incredible, but I didn't know what it was. I didn't know if it was a guitar. I didn't know if it was a synthesizer or a keyboard. I couldn't figure it out. Robert Trujillo
Song Confused Guitar First Incredible Keyboard Synthesizer Out Solo Van Composition Halen Know Most Eddie Because Heard Eruption Famous Which Figure
It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different. Robin Trower
Guitar Down Every Density Wood Different
I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable. Robin Trower
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I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players. Robin Trower
Today Guitar Say Guitar Players Feel Influenced Players
What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason. Rod Stewart
Me Fault Guitar He Bought Because Boy Reason Apparent Dad Now
My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play. Rod Stewart
Me People Guitar Would Bought Ask Dad Play
The way I started playing music was sitting around with friends and singing songs. I love good ol' fashioned guitar pulls. Rodney Atkins
Love Music Good Guitar Singing Way Songs Around Friends Sitting Started Playing
Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Roger McGuinn
Guitar Hall Rock Rock-N-Roll Fame Roll
When I first got a guitar, it was a Spanish, classical thing. Roger Waters
Guitar First Classical Got Spanish Thing
My guitar sound pretty much came from discovering there was reverb on my little practice amp and really loving the mood it created. Romy Madley Croft
Guitar Practice Mood Pretty Sound Came Discovering Loving Little Much Created Really Amp
If I wanted to be a celebrity, I would have taken guitar lessons. Ron Dellums
Guitar Guitar Lessons Would Taken Celebrity Wanted Lessons
During college I realized I had a music predisposition and really got involved in it. I started playing bass guitar. That was how I began to fit in. Ronnie Dunn
Music Guitar College Bass Had Involved Got How Fit Began Realized Really Started Playing
I was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight. Ronnie Milsap
Guitar Seven Piano Up Eight Information Translating Play Playing Violin
I was too broke to buy a guitar so I more borrowed guitars from friends. Ronnie Montrose
Buy Guitar Too Broke Guitars Borrowed More Friends
It was very satisfying knowing I could come in not really knowing what I was going to do, and at the end of the session feeling that I'd really done interesting guitar work and knowing that I'd really contributed to the music. Ronnie Montrose
Work Music Guitar Feeling Could Come Knowing End Very Done Going Interesting Really Satisfying Session
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