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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

Harmony
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Nov 07, 2020

I dreamed of having a Gibson. I had a cheap Kent - you know, a Japanese guitar - and then a Kanora, a Japanese guitar. I borrowed a friend's Harmony for years. To have a Gibson was really, really my dream as a kid.

Quotes by Alex Lifeson

Nov 07, 2020

Bryan Adams might not be what I want to put on, but he's a pop singer with a great voice and great guitar tone. Plus, he's done more for Canada than Rush have, because he works all the time. I envy him for that.

Quotes by Alex Lifeson

Mom
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Nov 07, 2020

My mom bought me a guitar when I was 12 and I used to pretend that I was a rock star in my own room. I was also obsessed with Elvis as a kid.

Quotes by Alex Roe

Now
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Nov 07, 2020

While I was playing football in the U.S., I learnt to play the guitar, and I'm picking it up again now.

Quotes by Alex Scott

My Own
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Nov 07, 2020

Music was something I found on my own. I got my first guitar when I was around 10, and it just all developed over time.

Quotes by Alessia Cara

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

Flannel shirts, denim, Converse, a guitar, messy hair? That's literally me.

Quotes by Alessia Cara

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I first picked up a guitar when I was ten years old; my parents surprised me with it for my tenth birthday. I started taking lessons when I was thirteen, but only for a few months, and then I just kept teaching myself.

Quotes by Alessia Cara

Nov 07, 2020

The first time I sang in front of an audience, I was about 14 - it was at my guitar school's showcase, and there were about 30 people there. I was so nervous, but I did it.

Quotes by Alessia Cara

Close
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Nov 07, 2020

Every song I write, including 'Too Close,' always starts on the guitar.

Quotes by Alex Clare

Nov 07, 2020

I couldn't sing without a guitar. I like the way it feels to sing and be holding a guitar, even if I'm not playing it that much. All my idols that I grew up liking always had a guitar on them, but they didn't play it - Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello. It's like having a partner with you.

Quotes by Albert Hammond, Jr.

Nov 07, 2020

A guitar player goes on the road, and he misses his girlfriend for a while, but he manages to get along. A horn player gets out on the road, plays two or three towns, and then he'll get lonely, and next thing you know, he's packed up and left. It's better not to hire him in the first place.

Quotes by Albert King

More
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Nov 07, 2020

I use a lot more chords than most organists and I'm careful to phrase them with the guitar.

Quotes by Alan Price

Nov 07, 2020

The only time it dominates is during a solo, or when we play a low blues and I put figures in behind Eric's vocals. There's never any real problem fitting guitar and organ together.

Quotes by Alan Price

People
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Nov 07, 2020

Because people don't understand what computing is about, they think they have it in the iPhone, and that illusion is as bad as the illusion that 'Guitar Hero' is the same as a real guitar.

Quotes by Alan Kay

Hope
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Nov 07, 2020

Over the years, I played with a couple of spectacular guitar players, and playing with them has made me play better than I knew how to play. I hope the same thing is true with acting.

Quotes by Alan Arkin

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

My daughter plays keyboard very well, and my son plays guitar, and they're totally into music.

Quotes by Al Madrigal

People
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Nov 07, 2020

I can't play the guitar, so the thoughts of playing one onstage at a festival makes me quiver, but I've been blabbering away in front of people since I was a child, so talking for a living isn't the most daunting thing to do.

Quotes by Aisling Bea

Nov 07, 2020

Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.

Nov 07, 2020

If you put heavy, regular classic guitar strings on a baritone ukulele, it gets pretty low. It has a really nice, low, warm feel to it.

Sometimes
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Nov 07, 2020

Sometimes you cannot produce a specific sound you want with, say, a guitar or piano, and you simply need to use electronic elements.

A self-taught player describes attacking the instrument in a personal, untrained way, and another explains building guitar parts around a strong vocal line rather than the reverse. Browse Music quotes or Expression quotes.

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