Guitar Quotes - Page 9

• That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.

  Ben Harper

  Spiritual, Being Free, Causes

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• I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living

  Lyle Lovett

  Way, Young

  Interview with Jody Denberg, www.austinchronicle.com. September 11, 1998.

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• My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there.

  Brian Eno

  Cutting, Play, Bars

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• If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.

  Krist Novoselic

  Mean, Soul, Bangs

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

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• My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army.

  Jimmy Page

  Army, Building Up, Harmony

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• My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it.

  Paul Simon

  Voice, Good Enough, Structure

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• Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.

  Brian May

  Views, Way, Never Expect

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• An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life.

  Sting

  Uncles, Canada, Found

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• I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.

  Robin Trower

  Player, Today, Feels

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• For me, I think the only danger is being too much in love with guitar playing.
  The MUSIC is the most important thing, and the guitar is only the instrument.

  Jerry Garcia

  Thinking, Important, Too Much

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• My sunglasses are like my guitar.

  Patti Smith

  Sunglasses

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• If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.

  Brad Paisley

  Song, Fun, Thinking

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

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• I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.

  Otis Rush

  Writing, Play, Tunes

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• The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Hands, Mirrors, Able

  "Bruce Springsteen: 'Talking'". Book edited by John W. Duffy, 2004.

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• I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.

  Martin Gore

  Piano, Atmosphere, Mouths

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• I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

  Tommy Shaw

  Vintage, Play, Guy

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• Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo.

  Jules Shear

  Song, Acoustics, Tempo

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• As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.

  Buffy Sainte-Marie

  Teenager, Painting, Playing Guitar

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• My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.

  Randy Travis

  Dad, Kids, Play

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• I have a little history. I met Stone Temple Pilots, and their guitar player was a huge Extreme fan. Somewhere down the road, Extreme made its statement.

  Gary Cherone

  Player, Temples, Fans

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• I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle.

  Guy Clark

  Player, Years, Talent

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• I don't know what the outcome will be. I put a couple away for my grandkids, like that. So I don't know, who knows? Maybe I'll start building guitars for a living.

  Guy Clark

  Couple, Outcomes, Building

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• I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

  Brownie McGhee

  Steel, Amplification, Needed

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• I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano.

  Leo Kottke

  Piano, Notes, Instruments

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• We've got horse property and there's other stuff to do. Like, four wheel driving, we barbeque, drink beers, sit around and play guitars and have a merry 'ol time

  Lita Ford

  Horse, Beer, Play

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