Guitar Solos Quotes - Page 2

• Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world.

  John Frusciante

  Guitar, World, Littles

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• It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.

  Kirk Hammett

  Guitar, Fans, Solo

  "Extended Q&A: Kirk Hammett of Metallica". Interview with Brandy McDonnell, newsok.com. November 18, 2008.

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• You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

  Bruno Mars

  Hate, Guitar, Doe

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• I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's the blues. You hear a rock n' roll song. That's the blues. Somebody playing a guitar solo? They're playing the blues.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Song, Thinking, Rocks

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• I have them a few minutes to absorb everything while I teased Ubie, who only had to recover from his near-death experience. I was so glad Reyes hadn't ripped him to shreds. I liked him much better un-shredded. Unlike, say, my preference for lettuce or heavy metal guitar solos.

  Darynda Jones

  Guitar, Heavy Metal, Preference

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet”, p.123, St. Martin's Press

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• When "Here Comes the Sun" started, what happened? No, the sun didn't come out, but Mom opened up like the sun breaking through the clouds. You know how in the first few notes of that song, there's something about George's guitar that's just so hopeful? It was like when Mom sang, she was full of hope, too. She even got the irregular clapping right during the guitar solo. When the song was over, she paused. "Oh Bee," she said. "This song reminds me of you." She had tears in her eyes.

  Maria Semple

  Mom, Song, Eye

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• I can't draw. But I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft is... The arrangements were mine. They were little lines and stuff that I had written myself... And I was locked into this idea that vocals didn't count, melodies didn't count, songwriting craftsmanship didn't count. The only thing that counted was high arching guitar solos...

  Linda Ronstadt

  Guitar, Ideas, Sound

  "Ronstadt Proves She Can Go `Home' Again / New album returns singer to her roots". Interview with Joel Selvin, www.sfgate.com. March 19, 1995.

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• I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time ... I'll never forget listening to my father (Bucky Pizzarelli) and Tal Farlow playing Christians' 'Solo Flight' backstage at a gig... that's when it hit me how big of an effect Christian had on jazz guitar. 'Solo Flight' was like the gospel.

  John Pizzarelli

  Music, Christian, Father

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• I would just like to say that Ritchie Blackmore did a bunch of great stuff guitar - wise. I'm happy to play the solo from 'Highway Star'. I always thought it was one of the most exciting guitar solos I'd ever played.

  Steve Morse

  Music, Wise, Stars

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• If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that's no fun at all.

  Joe Satriani

  Fun, Book, Exercise

  Guitar Player, November 1989.

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• I did the first backwards guitar solo on ‘I’m Only Sleeping’

  Dhani Harrison

  Sleep, Guitar, Firsts

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• I can't use logic concerning my feelings, my feelings demand musical notes, violins, guitar solos, the stomping of feet, poetic language, metaphors, poetic lines about birds or deserts or tree-crowded forests.

  Noah Cicero

  Feet, Guitar, Bird

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• Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the grooves they create.

  Dan Auerbach

  Guitar, Play, Hell

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• Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool.

  David Pajo

  Guitar, Punk, Grunge

  "Dead Child". Interview with Pitchfork, pitchfork.com. April 22, 2008.

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