Guitar Player Quotes - Page 10

• It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.

  James Iha

  Jobs, Player, Guitar

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• I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that.

  Hal Sparks

  Player, Guitar, Focus

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• I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.

  Dweezil Zappa

  Song, Mean, Player

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• I sit down with a guitar player and if there's a situation I feel strongly about, or a guy that I've been thinking about or if I'm mad at a guy, it comes out.

  Avril Lavigne

  Player, Thinking, Guitar

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• Guitar players never listen to lead singers.

  Steven Tyler

  Player, Guitar, Singers

  "Livin' on the Edge" by Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. January 7, 2009.

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• I practiced two or three hours, sometimes none, sometimes six. It was very varied.

  Julian Bream

  Player, Guitar, Practice

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• 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

  Player, Guitar Music, Skills

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• When I look for what I'm going to listen to I go backwards. I'm always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out 'how do I get in the fast lane going that way?'. I'm going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.

  Eric Clapton

  Player, People, Trying

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• As far as being a 'player's player,' you've only got to go to Nashville or Argentina and you can forget about it. The world is full of amazing guitar players, and you know it, and I know it...it's a humbling experience.

  Mark Knopfler

  Music, Player, Guitar

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• You're always learning about this thing everytime you pick it up

  Keith Richards

  Player, Always Learning, Picks

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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, Guitar

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