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I love classical music. Yes, I was in a conservatory when I was younger and played guitar and all that stuff, so I also love rock. — Matt Schulze

When I'm not writing music, I'm playing guitar, or reading philosophy. So all I have left is just an hour or two for Claudia Schiffer. — Richard Pinhas

You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar. — Stephen King

Lenny Breau dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing ... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry. — George Benson

When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar. — Michael Storm

I could write a song and her name would be the music. I could string, strum a guitar, and her body would be the melody. — Jasinda Wilder

I've always lived in that guitar world. I have noticed kids being more into the real essence of guitar music now. — Brian May

My first instrument is piano, I play some piano and guitar. So my solo music is more like real singer/songwriter type stuff. — Nikki Jean

My parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar lessons, and I was in the choir at school. — Lyle Lovett

Barney Kessel is incredible. He's just amazing ... Nobody can play guitar like that — John Lennon

When it came time to hire a guitar player ... I didn't even have to think about it ... Mike Bloomfield was the best guitar player I'd ever heard ... — Bob Dylan

All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings. — Martin Gore

A guitar is more than just a sound box ... it is part of your soul. — Manuel Velazquez

I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat. — Wes Montgomery

I play guitar and I love the Beatles and melodic music. — Stephen Dorff

It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do. — Ziggy Marley

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. — Dick Dale

I love 'Guitar Hero' because I love music, but I have no musical ability whatsoever. So I love a game that makes you feel like you're a rock star. — Marisa Miller

Charlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world ... — Barney Kessel

The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals. — Lykke Li

Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar. — Dizzy Gillespie

The history of music is mortal, but the idiocy of the guitar is eternal. — Milan Kundera

This machine kills fascists. — Woody Guthrie

I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my personal thing that I have for me. — Maia Mitchell

I don't read music; I taught myself guitar. — Beth Orton

I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured me into it. — Micky Dolenz

My guitar's name was Liz. As in, short for Elizabeth, Queen of England. She was a lady.
Don't judge. — Rachael Wade

I'm not trying to play the guitar. I'm trying to play music. — Michael Hedges

If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying. — Wynton Marsalis

Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class. — Dan Hill

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

I do play the guitar, but I do it for fun. And I am terrible at writing music as well. I have tried and failed, horribly. — Jamie Blackley

I'm only myself when I have a guitar in my hands. — George Harrison

Life is like playing a guitar and meditation is like music. Small session of rehearsals daily won't show much but would make you ROCK in the long run. — Vikrmn

I'll be forever grateful to this instrument for being the surfboard that I rode the wave of life on — Nathan East

Guitar makes even have a word for these baby-boomers-who-alwyas-wanted-to-be-great-guitarists-and-now-have-the-money-to-indulge-those-dreams: dentists — Tim Brookes

A guitar twanged from the far-off radio. Country music. Damn. They'd resorted to torture already. — Kelley Armstrong

My first wife said, 'It's either that
guitar or me,' you know
and I give
you three guesses which one went. — Jeff Beck

Every year, there's some band that plays guitar-oriented pop music that has a single, but for the most part, it's kind of relegated to the sidelines. — Adam Schlesinger

With music, I'm comfortable singing to people but I'm not that comfortable playing the guitar. — Bronson Arroyo

I've been into music for a long time. I started playing drums when I was 8 and piano when I was 10, then bass and guitar when I was 18. — Lukas Haas

Not the rich viol, trump, cymbal, nor horn,
Guitar, nor cittern, nor the pining flute,
Are half so sweet as tender human words. — Bryan Procter

I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out. — Minnie Driver

Music was something I found on my own. I got my first guitar when I was around 10, and it just all developed over time. — Alessia Cara

I could hear and feel music going on in me, and I couldn't get it out. You can always depend on a guitar. — Don Johnson

I actually write my own music whenever I have a chance. I play guitar and sing. — Alexander Ludwig

Joao Gilberto on guitar could read a newspaper and sound good. — Miles Davis

Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive — Les Paul

I may not have written the song, but I could add my story to it. Everyone out there could. That was what made music so powerful. — Tara Kelly

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. — Keith Richards

We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter. — Noel Gallagher

As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music. — Sam Palladio

I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come. — James Taylor

Technically, I'm not a guitar player, all I play is truth and emotion. — Jimi Hendrix

The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero. — Carlos Santana

I use Dr.Ducks Ax Wax on my entire collection of vintage guitars ... it's the best polish I've ever used ... — Bob Daisley

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter. — Miranda Lambert

John Mayer and Jack Johnson are two of my all-time favorites. I love Colbie Caillat and really cool, beach-y, guitar, acoustic type music. — Halston Sage

During college I realized I had a music predisposition and really got involved in it. I started playing bass guitar. That was how I began to fit in. — Ronnie Dunn

I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out. — Al Yankovic

Making music is a lifestyle; go to the studio and sit in front of your computer, drum machine or guitar for 10 hours a day. The good stuff will come. — Mark Ronson

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt. — Alexis Korner

Those who love you the most, let yo bend your notes — Paresh Shah

A guitar store is the only place in the known universe where a guy will allow himself to shop like a woman — Tim Brookes

That's the beautiful thing about innocence; even monsters have a pocketful of childhood memories with which to seek comfort with. — Dave Matthes

Surf music is played through a Showman amp with a Stratocaster guitar. — Dick Dale

I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming. — Courtney Love

My guitars, Cadillacs, and hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on. — Dwight Yoakam

If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon. — King Khan

The way I started playing music was sitting around with friends and singing songs. I love good ol' fashioned guitar pulls. — Rodney Atkins

I don't really care what music's made on - I love guitars, but I'm fine with great electronic music. — Johnny Marr

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

We play loud electric guitar music, and we'd hope that that doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole. — Ian MacKaye

Bad music can make you weak. — Ry Cooder

I have always been drawn to percussion and drums, to bass and piano, in music much more then I am drawn to the guitar and the other lead instruments. — Dave Matthews

I've played guitar and piano for a while, so it's really fun to play music on film. — Austin Butler

I've made my own music, and the way I've always described it is Peggy Lee with an electric guitar, or Billie Holiday with some PJ Harvey in there. — Evan Rachel Wood

When Lonnie Mack came out with the guitar instrumental "Memphis" I thought, Oh God, finally somebody we guitar players can relate to ! — Richard Betts

I smash guitars because I like them. — Pete Townshend

I don't see why I can't listen to Miles Davis and Slipknot in the same afternoon. — Steve Lukather

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

The guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive — Les Paul

Barney Kessel is definitely the best guitar player in this world, or any other world. — George Harrison

I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first. — Emmylou Harris

I really love that type of music where someone can take a guitar or light instrumentation and a beautiful voice and can send me somewhere. — Mark Lanegan

I played the guitar and thought that was what I was going to do as a career. I still record music that is played in my restaurants. — Graham Elliot

The Grand Ole Opry used to come on, and I used to watch that. They used to have some pretty heavy cats, heavy guitar players — Jimi Hendrix

Those who love you the most, let you bend your notes — Paresh Shah

Playing guitar is a never-finished journey. — John Fogerty

It was Scotty Moore's guitar riff [in "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"] when he was doing The Steve Allen Show that got me into rock music. — Elton John

I like to play music and sleep. But most of all, I love to work ... I don't really play sports, so I like to spend my time playing guitar or piano. — Drake Bell

Music is like a psychiatrist. You can tell your guitar things that you can't tell people. And it will answer you with things people can't tell you. — Paul McCartney

I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself. — James Taylor

Acoustics reverberate inside of Lucy Anna, bouncing off her walls and slamming against her bars. Harmonic prison. — Kelby Losack

I was touched by the magic of music. My way to communicate was through my guitar and music. — Juanes

Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything. — Joe Pass

This is going to sound crazy, but I can hear music in my head. I can imagine a piano or a guitar playing, and I can sort of think out ... — Ryan Adams

I don't listen to music made by white people. I especially hate anything where a guitar is used. I don't listen to white people and guitars. — Harmony Korine

Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up — Billy Gibbons

I don't find inspiration by just sitting down with a guitar anymore. I lost that. I started being so interested in other kinds of music. — Justin Vernon