Guitar Quotes - Page 17

• I grew up with all kinds of music, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill.

  Bryan White

  Country, Heart, Artist

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• Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.

  Ritchie Blackmore

  Crash, Used, Chords

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• I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

  Warren Zevon

  Kids, Young

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• When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso guitarists.

  Andres Segovia

  Writing, Circles, Causes

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• I thought what I was good at doing was playing real simple guitar licks, since I'd cut my teeth on what Duane Eddy was doing; licks that were simple but had staying power.

  John Fogerty

  Stay Strong, Real, Cutting

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• I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.

  Ace Frehley

  Space, Get Up, Solo

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• I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers.

  Johnny Winter

  Mean, Men, Not Good Enough

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• I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

  Ewan McGregor

  Scotland, Band, Stuff

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• I went to my friend's house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tiny little amp. I turned the volume up to 10 and I hit one chord, and I said, I'm in love.

  Ace Frehley

  House, One Day, Littles

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• Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years before I got in it, so I guess he's had enough of it.

  Bootsy Collins

  Home, Years, Had Enough

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• For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.

  Andy Summers

  Writing, Synthesizers, Instruments

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• But I also think that once you've found stuff that works, stop reading forums, stop reading reviews and just get out there and play.

  Guthrie Govan

  Music, Reading, Thinking

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• Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.

  Brad Paisley

  Rock N Roll, Guitar Playing

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

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• I don't really collect guitars.

  Roger McGuinn

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• I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired.

  Sean Lennon

  Two, Piano, Helping

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

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• You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

  Gavin DeGraw

  Animal, Player, Together

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• I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed.

  Dustin Diamond

  Dad, Play, Taught

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• I'm singing what I want to sing based on the emotion of what that day feels like. That's what comes out of my mouth and guitar. That impacts people. They know anything can happen.

  John Mayer

  Impact, People, Singing

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• My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.

  Merle Haggard

  Son, Years, Play

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• I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  "Song: 'If 6 Was 9'". 1967.

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• If you really love guitar, you're going to spend every waking hour stroking the thing.

  Frank Zappa

  Funny, Inspiring, Waking

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• You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker.

  Roger Daltrey

  Play, Layers, Bricks

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• I like jazz, but I could never play it. You just sit there with a guitar the size of a Chevy on your chest, wearing a stupid hat, playing the same solo for an hour.

  Dave Mustaine

  Stupid, Play, Hats

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• I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.

  Robin Trower

  Christmas, Christmas Present

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• I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

  Richard Thompson

  Player, People, Technique

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