Guitar Quotes - page 3

I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar. (Ritchie Blackmore)
Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't *you* want to play guitar? View quote
Joe Satriani
I can embarrass myself very easily on guitar. It's funny because people say to me I can play anything; I'm God on the guitar. But I could make a big list of everything I can't play... I'm grateful that people don't notice that. View quote
Joe Satriani
If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book ... that's no fun at all. View quote
Joe Satriani
When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time. View quote
Joe Satriani
I assume most guitar players are like me. They're playing, having fun; then they get a magazine in the mail that says "Shred Is Dead" and they say, "What the Hell?" View quote
Joe Satriani
I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh** out of my guitar. View quote
Joe Satriani
When these guitar mags bring up that stuff up and say such and such came up with this and that which is pushing the boundaries, I just say, "let's step back for a minute and admit something: nothing has happened for the last 100 years." And it's okay. It's not a bad thing ... We're all working with "tools" that have been in existence for the last 100 years and there hadn't been a new "tool" for a long long time. View quote
Joe Satriani
I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar. View quote
Dan Fogelberg
Anybody who picks up a guitar and tells you that there's some inner message that they're trying to convey . . . it's nonsense. They're not being honest. The reason they're doing this is they wanna get lots of chicks and they don't want to work for a living. View quote
Gene Simmons
Lindsey [Buckingham] and I went up to Aspen and we went to somebody's incredible house and they had a piano and I had my guitar with me and I went in their living room, looking out over the incredible Aspen sky and I wrote 'Landslide. (Stevie Nicks)
It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people. View quote
Stevie Nicks
A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me. View quote
Edie Brickell
I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to be depressed. On the other hand, I also know what it feels like to have money, to be successful, to be independent, but I can tell you that money and success never solve your problems. View quote
Chris Cornell
Practice, practice, practice. Practice until you get a guitar welt on your chest...if it makes you feel good, don't stop until you see the blood from your fingers. Then you'll know you're on to something! View quote
Ted Nugent
With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds. View quote
W. C. Handy
As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like. View quote
Brad Paisley
My guitar is like my best friend. My guitar can get me through anything. If I can sit down and write an amazing song with my guitar about what's going on in life, then that's the greatest therapy for me. View quote
Miley Cyrus
An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life. View quote
Sting (musician)
It's about the time I was riding my Motorcycle, going down a mountain road at 150 miles an hour, playing my guitar. View quote
Arlo Guthrie
I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around. (Jimi Hendrix)
I sing and play the guitar, and I'm a walking, talking bacterial infection. View quote
Kurt Cobain
Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying around the pool reading 'U.S. Weekly.' I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken. View quote
Meg Cabot
What's the difference between a classical guitar and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four. View quote
Faye Kellerman
Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer. View quote
Aaron Taylor-Johnson