33 quotes found
“You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.”
“The history of music is mortal, but the idiocy of the guitar is eternal.”
“The string slices into the skin of his fingers and no matter how tough the calluses, it tears. But this beat is fast and even though his joints are aching, his arm's out of control like it has a mi...”
“What's the difference between a classical guitar and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.”
“ROCK STATE OF MINDThe lights go outDarkness takes over my mindI can see only the unrealThe sound of the pianoWhispers in my earsProvoking the sea of tearsBreaking down the stringsAttaching me to my...”
“Theres secrets hiding inside this six-string just waitin for somebody to find em and turn em into music.”
“None of it mattered, because there was music.”
“Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano.”
“The first song I learned on the guitar was a Kenny Chesney song called 'What I Need to Do' it was just an easy song to play... and it was really cool to see that come full-circle a few years later ...”
“I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.”
“I asked for a guitar when I was 8 years old for Christmas. I have no idea why. I never had any guitar heroes. I still don't. But there must have been something in me because I've been playing for 3...”
“Being a musician since I was a teen, Guitar Center is the staple. You need anything to create, it's there. You need a Guitar Center. You gotta give it homage. It's a tool shed, and without the tool...”
“There are a lot of influences from different countries in my music. For example, I chose the guitar in my music, I think that it is a feminine instrument, so when I do not sing, the music expresses...”
“I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people.”
“A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.”
“I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I mean no disrespect to the sisterhood, but musically I feel...”
“I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down and play this and get the song over, I don't take it to the band, because most any good song, you can ...”
“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 yo...”
“My ideal travel companions are my surfboard, wetsuit, and guitar.”
“My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.”
