Guitar Player Quotes - Page 10

• It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.

  James Iha

  Jobs, Player, Guitar

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• And a lot of the technique and the little T-Bone phrases that define his style, Chuck Berry, when he rearranged the beat, they became rock 'n roll guitar licks. So in essence, T-Bone was not only the first electric blues guitar player, but he was the first electric rock 'n roll guitar player, really.

  Duke Robillard

  Player, Rocks, Guitar

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• I'm a struggling guitar player.

  Megyn Kelly

  Struggle, Player, Guitar

  "10 Things About Me: Megyn Kelly" by Erin Clements, www.elle.com. March 27, 2009.

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• I sit down with a guitar player and if there's a situation I feel strongly about, or a guy that I've been thinking about or if I'm mad at a guy, it comes out.

  Avril Lavigne

  Player, Thinking, Guitar

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• I practiced two or three hours, sometimes none, sometimes six. It was very varied.

  Julian Bream

  Player, Guitar, Practice

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• If you play music for no other reason than actually just because you love it, the skills just kinda creep up on you.

  Nuno Bettencourt

  Player, Guitar Music, Skills

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• As far as being a 'player's player,' you've only got to go to Nashville or Argentina and you can forget about it. The world is full of amazing guitar players, and you know it, and I know it...it's a humbling experience.

  Mark Knopfler

  Music, Player, Guitar

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• When I look for what I'm going to listen to I go backwards. I'm always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out 'how do I get in the fast lane going that way?'. I'm going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.

  Eric Clapton

  Player, People, Trying

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• Guitar players never listen to lead singers.

  Steven Tyler

  Player, Guitar, Singers

  "Livin' on the Edge" by Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. January 7, 2009.

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• You're always learning about this thing everytime you pick it up

  Keith Richards

  Player, Always Learning, Picks

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• I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his style of playing.

  Joe Satriani

  Hero, Player, Guitar

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