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It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar or a pen for seven years.
My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressing Wednesday evenings.
You can only make a good noise on the guitar if you're committed. Little careful noise doesn't work. You have to be bold.
You can tune your guitar funky, and something's gonna come out. There's no secret to it - either you got it, or you don't.
For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice.
I did [picking cotton] from - until I was 18 years old, that is. Then I picked the guitar, and I've been picking it since.
When I was younger, playing piano and guitar were all things that I wanted to do for a short period of time, like any kid.
My form of rebellion was starting to play guitar. I was 13. The first song I played was 'Lovesick Blues' by Hank Williams.
You shouldn't hear the guitar by itself. It should be part of the drums... You only notice the guitar when it's not there.
I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway.
I don't leave my room, and all I am surrounded by are guitars and equipment, y'know? It's not always the best place to be.
Whatever it is that you love to do, be it collect comic books or play the guitar, that you can make a living at it, do it.
You don't start to play your guitar thinking you're going to be running an organisation that will maybe generate millions.
It's a guy thing, playing the guitar. Being a female and trying to go to the same auditions as the guys, it's pretty hard.
I'm a boxing junkie, a serial-killer junkie, and a classical guitar junkie. All of these guys are great, poetic references.
I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.
That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.
It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do.
Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.
The musings are the same I believe the fire to create burns so heavily that I am never far from a guitar or a fountain pen.
Somebody's going to wake up and their job in life is going to be to make guitars. There are a lot of good, talented people.
We have a storage close by where I live, that's very organised. My guitar tech, Matty organised it all, labeled everything.
I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.
Worship doesn't happen when a guy gets on a stage w/ a guitar. It happens when faith-filled eyes behold the glory of Christ.
The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.
51 Martin [guitar] sounded pretty good as new guitar. Martin has several levels of guitars now, and this one is pretty good.
My first instrument is piano, I play some piano and guitar. So my solo music is more like real singer/songwriter type stuff.
Oh, a man with a guitar is nothing compared to a man with a cello! Girls really like the way that we handle our instruments.
When I was a teenager, I learned that in order to play guitar like Johnny Ramone, it takes a huge amount of physical effort.
I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.
When you play the 12-string guitar,you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.
When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.
A great guitar solo is really a song within a song. You can always go off and do your pageantry, but it has to be structured.
Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't you want to play guitar?
My daddy left home when I was three and he didn't leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express myself.
Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and Ive been a guitar junkie ever since.
Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.
I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.
I can stay on my boat for a few weeks if I have a guitar and a girl and a Bob Marley CD. After that, I've got to move around.
The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon.
I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him.
I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.
I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of doing it.
In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform Oh Jean.
I've probably gone a month or two without playing guitar, just because I've gotten so burnt on it touring all year or whatever.
The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players.
Not the rich viol, trump, cymbal, nor horn, Guitar, nor cittern, nor the pining flute, Are half so sweet as tender human words.