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Les Paul Quotes & Sayings

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When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being? — Herbie Hancock

Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better. — Les Paul

My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe. — Lenny Kravitz

I still fall back a lot on my Les Paul, and there is just no getting away from a Les Paul and a hot pickup. — Art Alexakis

I've never been unemployed. I've never been very fully employed either. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

No, working is what will keep you alive. — Les Paul

For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world. — Conrad Black

I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom. — Adam Jones

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody. — Mel Brooks

I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound. — Les Paul

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

The parade was here, but it disappeared around a corner. — Mason Cooley

There are times when you want to go where you used to go and you can't go there. — Les Paul

The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired. — Les Paul

I never stop being amazed by all the different ways of playing the guitar and making it deliver a message. — Les Paul

If I have to go around telling everyone how great I am, then there's something wrong with my act. — Les Paul

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America. — Les Paul

When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar. — Les Paul

I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working. — Les Paul

L'enfer c'est les autres.
aka, "Hell is others." . — Jean-Paul Sartre

Wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else — Les Paul

When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only 6 or 7. — Les Paul

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

With my Les Paul, I know I'm small. But I enjoy living anyway. — Marc Bolan

Same mind with same old ideas enters the same old year; only the new mind with new ideas enters the New Year! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm. — Les Paul

Idealism and science continue to function in separate compartments; and yet 'the happiness of man on earth' depends upon their combination. — Lewis Mumford

You ever pull a stunt like you did last night again and I will use your intestines to string your Les Paul. — Jay Crownover

For me, the best part is people who watch the movie and tell me it inspired them to collaborate with their friend who's a photographer or filmmaker. — Feist

Quand les cimes de notre ciel se rejoindront Ma maison aura un toit.
(When the peaks of our sky come together My house will have a roof.) — Paul Eluard

We go in there and we work on altering those ideas and in many cases go in different directions. — Les Paul

As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a guitar player, and my job is to go out there and play and entertain and do my thing. — Les Paul

My first record I owned was by Les Paul. — Bill Wyman

To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any. — Les Paul