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Guitar Quotes

When I first played the guitar without plugging it into an amplifier, the people at Fender were blown away. They couldn’t believe the sound. I said, ‘See, gentlemen, the world is no longer flat.’ Picture Quote #1

The first record I bought was a Carl Perkins record, because I saw him at The Festival at Sandpoint, Idaho. I loved Elvis and I found out that he wrote ‘Blue Suede Shoes’... so connecting that experience of going to see him play was pretty awesome. That’s when I realised I wanted to play guitar Picture Quote #1

You’ve heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that’s because there’s been so many can do it better’n I can, play the blues better’n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of women in blues music, lots of strong women and that sort of stuff. It’s not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about blues. There were a lot of powerful blues guitar players in the olden times that were women. It’s just that when you think about blues, you have this one image in your mind Picture Quote #1

The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals Picture Quote #1

If you don’t know the blues... there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music Picture Quote #1

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Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I’m always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players. male and female Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It’s not a style that’s difficult to pick up. It’s purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with Picture Quote #1

My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I’ve tried to make an album of Robert Johnson covers that, well, while not totally faithful for blues purists, is faithful for people like me that grew up with the 60s and the electric blues-rock versions of Johnson’s songs Picture Quote #1

When The Who first started, we were playing blues, and I dug the blues and I knew what I was supposed to be playing, but I couldn’t play it. I couldn’t get it out. I knew what I had to play; it was in my head. I could hear the notes in my head, but I couldn’t get them out on the guitar Picture Quote #1

My guitar is my torch, my soul carries the flame. Make no mistake, I’m a true blues man Picture Quote #1

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I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a basic 12-bar blues song was very important Picture Quote #1

If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I’d never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar Picture Quote #1

I make my guitar scream with pain or pleasure or sensuality. It makes people move their feet and shake their bodies. That’s what music does Picture Quote #1

I think I was just bored one summer afternoon, and I decided to post a little video of me singing and playing guitar out of tune Picture Quote #1

Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months Picture Quote #1

The bass is just the crayon that I picked out of the box. I’d probably be writing similar stuff if I played guitar or trumpet. The pictures I want to draw I do with this crayon I chose, which is the bass Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I’d still be drawing the same pictures... should I have picked trumpet or accordion or guitar, whatever it may be. The sounds in my head are still the same Picture Quote #1

I’ve learned not to let it be the end of the world if a boy doesn’t like you. I used to put so much effort into boys. I started playing guitar because I wanted to impress this boy. Then, I ended up in love with guitar and I didn’t care about the boy anymore Picture Quote #1

I’m always interested in very, very futuristic music and bridging the gap between the physicality of organic guitar music and trying to translate that into something electronic is really fascinating Picture Quote #1

Jackson plays a broken guitar because he’s in love with it, and doesn’t want to fix it, I think. It’s so broken Picture Quote #1

I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t all spent on practicing, I did do other things! but the classical guitar means a lot to me so I spend many hours building good chops and getting a good program together Picture Quote #1

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My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army Picture Quote #1

Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band’s business decisions Picture Quote #1

I had prostate cancer that, for me, was debilitating. I didn’t touch a guitar for two years, but when I realized I was seeing the light at the end of the recovery tunnel and was going to live pain-free, I realized again that it was a fun little instrument to play Picture Quote #1

I love the Elvis movies. I used to watch them. In every single one of his movies he wasn’t acting as a car salesman - he was acting as a car salesman who loved to play guitar Picture Quote #1

When I was about 12, I wanted a CD player for Christmas, but instead my parents gave me a really crappy electric guitar Picture Quote #1

It’s really funny, I think to myself... I’ve got my same guitar and amp, it’s just a bigger room now! Some things don’t change Picture Quote #1

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When I first played the guitar without plugging it into an amplifier, the people at Fender were blown away. They couldn’t believe the sound. I said, ‘See, gentlemen, the world is no longer flat.’ (Guitar Quotes) The first record I bought was a Carl Perkins record, because I saw him at The Festival at Sandpoint, Idaho. I loved Elvis and I found out that he wrote ‘Blue Suede Shoes’... so connecting that experience of going to see him play was pretty awesome. That’s when I realised I wanted to play guitar. (Guitar Quotes) You’ve heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that’s because there’s been so many can do it better’n I can, play the blues better’n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things. (Guitar Quotes) There’s a lot of women in blues music, lots of strong women and that sort of stuff. It’s not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about blues. There were a lot of powerful blues guitar players in the olden times that were women. It’s just that when you think about blues, you have this one image in your mind. (Guitar Quotes) The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals. (Guitar Quotes) If you don’t know the blues... there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music. (Guitar Quotes) Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I’m always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players. male and female. (Guitar Quotes) 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. (Guitar Quotes) As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It’s not a style that’s difficult to pick up. It’s purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with. (Guitar Quotes) My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I’ve tried to make an album of Robert Johnson covers that, well, while not totally faithful for blues purists, is faithful for people like me that grew up with the 60s and the electric blues-rock versions of Johnson’s songs. (Guitar Quotes) When The Who first started, we were playing blues, and I dug the blues and I knew what I was supposed to be playing, but I couldn’t play it. I couldn’t get it out. I knew what I had to play; it was in my head. I could hear the notes in my head, but I couldn’t get them out on the guitar. (Guitar Quotes) My guitar is my torch, my soul carries the flame. Make no mistake, I’m a true blues man. (Guitar Quotes) I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a basic 12-bar blues song was very important. (Guitar Quotes) If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I’d never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar. (Guitar Quotes) I make my guitar scream with pain or pleasure or sensuality. It makes people move their feet and shake their bodies. That’s what music does. (Guitar Quotes) I think I was just bored one summer afternoon, and I decided to post a little video of me singing and playing guitar out of tune. (Guitar Quotes) Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months. (Guitar Quotes) The bass is just the crayon that I picked out of the box. I’d probably be writing similar stuff if I played guitar or trumpet. The pictures I want to draw I do with this crayon I chose, which is the bass. (Guitar Quotes) I’ve always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I’d still be drawing the same pictures... should I have picked trumpet or accordion or guitar, whatever it may be. The sounds in my head are still the same. (Guitar Quotes) I’ve learned not to let it be the end of the world if a boy doesn’t like you. I used to put so much effort into boys. I started playing guitar because I wanted to impress this boy. Then, I ended up in love with guitar and I didn’t care about the boy anymore. (Guitar Quotes) I’m always interested in very, very futuristic music and bridging the gap between the physicality of organic guitar music and trying to translate that into something electronic is really fascinating. (Guitar Quotes) Jackson plays a broken guitar because he’s in love with it, and doesn’t want to fix it, I think. It’s so broken. (Guitar Quotes) I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers. (Guitar Quotes) It wasn’t all spent on practicing, I did do other things! but the classical guitar means a lot to me so I spend many hours building good chops and getting a good program together. (Guitar Quotes) My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. (Guitar Quotes) Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band’s business decisions. (Guitar Quotes) I had prostate cancer that, for me, was debilitating. I didn’t touch a guitar for two years, but when I realized I was seeing the light at the end of the recovery tunnel and was going to live pain-free, I realized again that it was a fun little instrument to play. (Guitar Quotes) I love the Elvis movies. I used to watch them. In every single one of his movies he wasn’t acting as a car salesman - he was acting as a car salesman who loved to play guitar. (Guitar Quotes) When I was about 12, I wanted a CD player for Christmas, but instead my parents gave me a really crappy electric guitar. (Guitar Quotes) It’s really funny, I think to myself... I’ve got my same guitar and amp, it’s just a bigger room now! Some things don’t change. (Guitar Quotes)

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