Guitar Quotes

"Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it." source. (Thom Yorke)
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. View quote
Pelé
I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming. View quote
Courtney Love
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. View quote
Syd Barrett
If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy. View quote
Elliott Smith
The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar. View quote
Jimi Hendrix
The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind. View quote
Brian May
My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am. View quote
Joan Jett
Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose. View quote
Mark Knopfler
Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it's more difficult. View quote
Dave Mustaine
If you told me I was going to live to 240, I would take 10 years off and try and act. I don't have that kind of time, so I'd much rather stick to playing guitar. (John Mayer)
I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing. View quote
Billie Joe Armstrong
I want to play the guitar badly, and I do play BADLY. View quote
Bono
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. View quote
Richard Thompson
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. View quote
Richard Thompson
To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do. View quote
Sammy Hagar
I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school. View quote
Alvin Lee
I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands. View quote
Adam Jones
I'm not a good guitar player. View quote
Adam Jones
The Lounge Lizards were relating with a tradition and it was like I was playing within a musical context. The guitar playing stood out as being different in some way. That was a real education for me. View quote
Arto Lindsay
I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like. (Adrian Belew)
My first love was the sound of guitar. View quote
Boz Scaggs
I was a guitar player first off. View quote
Boz Scaggs
As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It's not a style that's difficult to pick up. It's purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with. View quote
Boz Scaggs
If you can play guitar and sing, you can probably get a gig down the road playing at a restaurant, but don't throw your life away chasing something that is so elusive it will only lead you to regret and may turn you bitter. View quote
Cliff Richard