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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.
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- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday.
- Nov 07, 2020
So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started dance class when I was a little kid, and then, when I turned 11, I started taking vocal lessons, guitar lessons, and piano lessons.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started playing guitar when I was in my late teens, and within two years I was starting to play shows.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Greg Ginn was certainly a huge influence on my guitar playing. I put him up there with people like Eddie Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen changed everything; I don't necessarily like everything he did, but he definitely changed everything.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not touring, I sing at home, either at the piano or I'll pick up my guitar, singing old Buck Owens songs.
- Shoes
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all knew that asking another guitar player to step into Duane Allman's shoes would not really be fair to anybody who had a conscience.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.
- Nov 07, 2020
I studied classical guitar in school, and that type of stuff has led to writing for Kronos.
- Graduate School
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- Nov 07, 2020
My background in music is classical - I did graduate school in music. At that time, I was studying composition, but I was studying classical guitar very seriously.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been in rock bands. I was in a rock band with my brother in high school. Then I was playing classical guitar recitals, and people said, 'You know, you can't really do both things.' My intuition told me they were wrong. Somehow, what was interesting about me was that I had those two things in my life.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't labour over my lead guitar solos; they're better just caught in the moment.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020