Guitar Quotes - Page 12

• I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article.

  Adrian Belew

  Years, Secret, Magazines

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• Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

  Juliana Hatfield

  Rocks, Piano, Long

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• Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.

  Beau Bridges

  School, High School

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.

  Graham Coxon

  Lovely, Littles, Festivals

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• I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar.

  Vivian Campbell

  Jobs, Real, School

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• Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.

  Dan Fogelberg

  My Favorite, Electric, Collections

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• I was a drummer and I played the guitar.

  Jam Master Jay

  Drummer

  "Run-DMC star, 37, was hip-hop pioneer", www.cnn.com. October 31, 2002.

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• I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.

  Eric Clapton

  Mean, People, Sound

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• If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.

  Scott Putesky

  Sound, Too Much, Ifs

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• There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back.

  Steve Forbert

  Afternoon, Littles, Way

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• I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

  Little Richard

  Player, Rocks, Hendrix

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• Jeff Beck is probably my favorite and biggest influence on the guitar. Touring with him in 2010 was such a milestone. I used to show up early every day just to hear his sound check, which sometimes lasted an hour.

  Gary Hoey

  Up Early, Sound, Sometimes

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• I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

  Mike Figgis

  Play, Piano, Actors

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• I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion.

  Teena Marie

  Play, Piano, Bass

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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, Roots

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• I'm not very good at the accordion. If I played guitar, I wouldn't be on anyone's album. But because I play the accordion and no one else does, I end up doing strange things.

  Daniel Handler

  Play, Doe, Albums

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. November 26, 2005.

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• I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

  Johnny Winter

  Learning, Years, Ukulele

  Interview with Vasja Ivanovski, www.blesok.com.mk. May/June 2003.

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• Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin

  Suzi Quatro

  Bass, Chests, Bass Guitar

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• I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.

  Stevie Ray Vaughan

  Play Hard, Tunes, Use

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• I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

  Adrian Belew

  Song, Writing, Play

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• And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time.

  Beau Bridges

  Sports, Brother, Kids

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'd like to have a beer-holder on my guitar like they have on boats.

  James Hetfield

  Beer, Boat

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• I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

  Adam Jones

  Player, Band, Bass

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• But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.

  Mike McCready

  Kissing, Kiss Me, Inspired

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• Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis.

  Andy Gibb

  Song, Redneck, Play

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