“Eventually you'll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you've copped and begin to put your own mark on them” Quote by Eddie Van Halen
“Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down and learn .. once you learn scales and chord progressions, you can make up your own versions” StuffMusicRocksDown AndScalesVersionsChordsProgressionPhysical Things Author:Brian Setzer
“While other guitars may have more twang or an esoteric atmosphere, the Les Paul is like a T-Rex thampling everything in it's path .. it can be subtle if you want it to be, but it works best if you have an 'armadillo in your trousers' and you want to articulate that” IfsWantMayMusicPathGuitarAtmosphereSubtleEsotericTrousersArmadillos Author:Miles Zuniga
“When I take my Les Paul onstage, it's reliable. An SG could be different from night to night, but a Les Paul is so solid and reliable that you can trust it every night” DifferentNightMusicEvery Night Author:Peter Svensson
“Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that feeling is just about the most important aspect of playing guitar” KnowsImportantFeelingsMusicRocksAspectGuitarScalesRhythmChordsBasicsPlaying Guitar Author:Eddie Van Halen
“... We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us - certainly more satisfying, because it doesn't restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style. The result, I think, is pretty interesting ... we don't expect to make a fortune at it or ever be popular or famous or worshipped or hit The Ed Sullivan Show or the circuses or the big top. As long as we can play, we'll play, regardless of what it's for, who it's for or anything. It's fun for us - that's the important thing.” ThinkingLongImportantIdeasPlayShowsBigsFunInterestingResultsMusicStyleParticularAreasImportant ThingsFortuneSatisfyingCircusEd Sullivan Author:Jerry Garcia
“Usually, no one quite knew where Django Reinhardt was going to be, but I met his brother and about an hour later in walks Django with an entourage of friends. He always traveled with a large group-carried his own admirers with him, the most sinister-looking bunch of hoodlums you've ever seen. I walked up and offered to buy him a drink. That seemed to be the right thing to do... he was the first really brilliant solo guitarist I ever became aware of, I had records of his when I was 10 years old. It just blew my mind that anyone could play a guitar like that. Still does.” YearsMindFirstsDoeStillsPlayHoursWalksMusicRecordsGroupsBrotherDrinkMetsGuitarBrilliantBunchThings To DoRight ThingTraveledSoloGuitaristSinisterAdmirerLarge GroupsEntourageDjango Author:Charlie Byrd
“Hearing Andres Segovia in person was quite a revelation ... It was a knockout.” PersonsMusicHearingRevelationsKnockouts Author:Julian Bream
“.. you've got to be original, or there will be nothing distinctive or interesting about your playing” InterestingMusicOriginalsDistinctive Author:Liona Boyd
“I'd like to get something together - like a Handel, Bach, Muddy waters, flamenco type of thing. If I could get that sound, I'd be happy” IfsTogetherSoundWaterMusicTypeIf I CouldMuddyFlamencoHandel Author:Jimi Hendrix
“Charlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world.” WorldBigsChristianMusicGuitarContributionElectricCharlieElectric Guitar Author:Barney Kessel