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I aim to inspire a bunch of female guitar players to get out there and take it seriously and never give up.
Guitar comes more out of its limitations for me, like putting it in a weird tuning and then just go places.
It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge.
I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.
Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.
Young people are still experiencing the thrill of three chords and over-amplified guitars. They always will.
There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful.
I throw down a lot on paper and on tape. Sometimes while I'm practicing on the guitar, I'll think of a song.
I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.
I have about 50 guitars around the house. I can't take more than a few steps without finding one to pick up.
I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.
It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar.
If I had an axe on the evening at Newport when [Dylan] broke out the electric guitar, I'd have cut his cable.
My son youngest son David's favorite song - he plays guitar - and he likes "Devil Pray." That's his favorite.
If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.
There's just a few people that call themselves stars can actually sit down with a guitar and sing you a song.
Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from.
My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.
Some of the songs I wanted to be really full, [but] there's something to be said for just a voice and a guitar
I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.
When I was 15, I got super into Eric Clapton. My father took notice of this and got me a guitar for Christmas.
I know a few chords on the guitar, but I wouldn't be able do a show or even be part of a jam session with one.
I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.
The harmonious efforts which our guitarists produce unconsciously represent one of the marvels of natural art.
I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.
I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.
There are two kinds of music. One comes from the strings of a guitar, the other from the strings of the heart.
A student might ask, how long will it take to learn guitar..., the answer is, as long as you live - that short.
That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in the way.
I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano
I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
Except for a few guitar chords, everything I've learned in my life that is of any value I've learned from women.
I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.
Jackson plays a broken guitar because he’s in love with it, and doesn’t want to fix it, I think. It’s so broken.
(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other.
I either write songs on guitar, or... I don't ever have a keyboard with me, but like, my keyboard on the laptop.
I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.
I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself.
My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way
Rock 'n' roll will never die. There'll always be some arrogant little brat who wants to make music with a guitar.
While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.
The guitar part is the pivot of everything we do, so if you change the guitar part you no longer have what it is.
I kinda taught myself how to play guitar, and I still play to this day. It's become a pretty big part of my life.
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.
Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.
Charlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world.
I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.
Anybody who's a guitar player that's spent that time with another guitar player, there's nothing better than that.
You know what would be fun? Nobody wants to play Guitar Hero. But you can play the Beatles! You loved the Beatles!