“Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct.” I CanCan DoMemoriesInstinctGuitarMusclesMuscle Memory Author:St. Vincent
“It wasn't a case of me sitting down and thinking, right then, what shall I do with my life? Airline pilot? Plumber? Guitar manufacturer? Writer .... yeah, writer. I've always loved writing, from a very early age--I guess I was writing my first stories when I was still in single digits. It progressed, and the love of writing grew in my mind and is still growing. Doing it full-time, there are different stresses and tensions, and the business side of it comes to the fore sometimes. But I still love it, and I'm always thankful that I can do what I do and make a living from it.” ThinkingWritingMindFirstsStillsI CanDifferentSometimesStoriesAgeSidesCan DoCasesGrowingGrewSittingStressDown AndYeahGuitarTensionPilotsAirlineSitting DownPlumberThinking RightAirline Pilots Author:Tim Lebbon
“The gut-strung guitar, the classical guitar, that is a whole different world on its own. When you think what the guitar can do and what every individual player does with a guitar, everyone has their own identity coming through the guitar.” ThinkingWorldDoeDifferentWholeIndividualCan DoPlayerIdentityGuitarGutsDifferent WorldsClassical Guitar Author:Jimmy Page
“I explored rock culture and what the guitar can do though people like Jimmy Page and John McLaughlin, and the music moves away from pop.” PeopleMovingCultureCan DoRocksPagesGuitarPopsJimmy Author:Johnny Marr
“Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.” OrderCan DoGeniusEternalHighestSingingGuitarBrownSplits Author:Bill Nighy
“Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure out a way to make a song out of that, and that's what it was all about.” IfsWayKindTwoSongCan DoAttitudeFiguresNotesGuitarPunkDo It Yourself Author:David Byrne
“Guitar playing is not my strong suit. I cut my finger off, working in an oil field, and it don't work anymore, so I'm limited as to what I can do on the guitar.” I CanStrongCan DoCuttingFieldsFingersGuitarOilSuitsGuitar PlayingOil Field Author:Trace Adkins