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I'm not committed to putting myself up for a blues guitarist, even though I love playing the blues. Jeff Beck

Love Myself Guitarist Though Putting Up Committed Blues Even Playing

I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s. Johnny Depp

Guitarist Out Early Started

I don't like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my influences have always been those kinds of players. Keith Richards comes to mind, and I really like Nils Lofgren's soloing, because he's so melodic. I love John Lennon's rhythm playing, and George Harrison was an incredible guitarist. Johnny Marr

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My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself. Josh Hartnett

I remember in the '80s, people would literally have arguments over the best guitarist. Kevin Young

Best People Remember Guitarist Argument Would Over Literally

Got two kids; one's a record producer who lives just up the road from me - great guitarist and piano player, too. Lemmy

Great Me Guitarist Too Kids Record Record Producer Piano Piano Player Road Got Up Just Producer Who Lives Player Two

Corinne Bailey Rae I listen to a lot, and I'll hear Desert Island Discs and quickly write down the name of a song, and it will open up a new area of music for me. I discovered an Argentinian guitarist, Jose Luis Bieito, on Classic FM. Lesley Manville

Richie Kotzen is such an unbelievable talent as a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. Mike Portnoy

Guitarist Unbelievable Vocalist Songwriter Talent Richie

Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like an ordinary guitarist. There are certainly guitarists that transcend that and do really find their sound and all that sort of stuff. Nick Cave

The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman. Pat Metheny

Guitarist Coleman Extremely Melodic Pianist Bailey Cecil Taylor

I collect many ethnic instruments, and as a guitarist, I'm usually able to play any sort of instrument - as long as it has strings. That's why I like to experiment with different sounds. Ramin Djawadi

Guitarist Long Experiment Strings Collect Able Like Instrument Instruments Sort Sounds Any Different Ethnic Different Sounds Many Why Play

When a guitarist can evoke a certain mood through his playing, that's what's most important to me. Rick Nielsen

Me Guitarist Important Mood Evoke Through Most His Certain Playing

I don't see myself as such an important guitarist. Ritchie Blackmore

Myself Guitarist Important See

I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it. Robin Trower

Myself You Guitarist Live Count True Feel Because Being Blues

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own. Siobhan Fahey

Writing Guitarist Own Find My Own Crap Really Hard

Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. Syd Barrett

Guitar Guitarist Kid Properly Perfect Around Jump Wanted Hendrix Play

I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent in any instrument, but we always had guitars around. My dad taught me to play drums for 'Love Actually,' and I still play drums now. But I'm not a 'drummer.' I'm not a 'guitarist.' I'm trying to be a bassist. Thomas Brodie-Sangster

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It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the second-rate guy. That was his role and my role was to play the solos. But he took great pride in his technique as a rhythm guitarist. Wayne Kramer

Great Class Better Pride Guitarist Second-Rate Took System Solos Guy Great Pride He His Role Where Rhythm Play Technique

My band's motto is 'Yngwie or the highway.' Do you think Leonardo Da Vinci allowed someone who came later to add to his paintings? It's impossible. That's the whole issue. I'm not a typical rock n' roll guitarist nor a simple band member. Yngwie Malmsteen

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With every album, I write above my ability, and my job as a guitarist is to catch up and be able to play it live. The thing about practicing is that once you master something, you don't have to remaster it. You just keep moving forward. Zacky Vengeance

You Moving Forward Keep Moving Forward Job Guitarist Master Live Keep Moving Every Once Ability Able About Above Something Write Catch Practicing Up Just Moving Forward Keep Play Thing Album

There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi. Zakk Wylde

Guitarist Everything Architect Only Sabbath He Tony

Adele was introduced to me by a guitarist named Mike Hartnett that plays for a band called Rehab. We was just riding around, and he was like, 'Man have you heard this soul singer Adele?' and I was like 'Nah!' and we just rode to the whole CD, and it got to 'Hometown Glory,' and I was like, 'Man I have to sample that!' Big K.R.I.T.

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