- Garage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guitar Quotes
How guitarists actually describe their own instrument.
These guitar quotes come straight from musicians, one describing a piano-or-guitar foundation as the backbone of an entire career, another comparing how guitar cuts through a mix differently than organ. For the emotional side of playing, see Passion quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of those Rolling Stone Greatest Guitar Player lists came out and there was no Albert King. That's impossible! There are 10 people on there who wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Albert.
- Elton
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my earliest inspirations was the 'Allan-a-Dale' character played by Elton Hayes in the 1954 movie 'The Story Of Robin Hood And His Merrie Men.' He was a wandering minstrel with his guitar.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look, nobody is a bigger fan of Tommy Shaw than me. The day I met him in 1975 I knew he was going to be a great guitar player, performer and songwriter. I was his biggest fan, and I'm Styx's number one fan.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What resonates with me now is the acoustic guitar and piano.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My little brother can play the guitar; he can sing. He was a worship leader at his church. Me, no talent.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes time to dance, they're like a regiment; they do the same steps - except for the Mike Teavee dance, where the Oompas play in a rock band. I learned to play the guitar for that one.
- Guitar Players
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great guitar players are a dime a dozen. It is sometimes your very limitations as players that set you apart from the crowd.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I literally came out of high school thinking that I was going to do something in the sports world because I grew up with a very sports-oriented family. My last year of school, I got involved with playing guitar and singing, and I joined a band and I just decided that year somehow that I was going to play music.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never liked having like a set kind of schedule of training. Even when I was doing guitar lessons, I never used to practice.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played the guitar in ninth grade. My sister's friend went on a semester abroad, and she left the guitar at our house for nine months.
- Handed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went into Guitar Center, and David Koresh and Steven Schneider were looking at a drum set, and they asked me to play it. They handed me their card, which said, 'Messiah Productions.' All this religious scripture was written on the back. The last thing I wanted was to join any kind of Christian band.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father kind of had hopes that I was going to become an artist like him - the typical thing. Of course I could play guitar better than him when I was about 12. But I couldn't paint better than him. So I went, 'I'm going to be the guitarist of the house, not the painter.'
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020