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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.”

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Author:Gary Cherone

“The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.”

Trying Voice Records Player Treats Guitar Tone Guitar Player

Author:Gary Cherone

“And a lot of the technique and the little T-Bone phrases that define his style, Chuck Berry, when he rearranged the beat, they became rock 'n roll guitar licks. So in essence, T-Bone was not only the first electric blues guitar player, but he was the first electric rock 'n roll guitar player, really.”

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Author:Duke Robillard

“I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.”

People Whole Player Areas Guitar Technique Glad Like Me Guitar Player

Author:Richard Thompson

“One of the things that was crucial for me I got from Rory Gallagher, which was the idea of, like, being a guitar player for life and living it.”

Ideas Player Life And Living Guitar Crucial Guitar Player Gallagher

Author:Rory Gallagher

“My technique is laughable at times. I have developed a style of my own, I suppose, which creeps around. I don't have to have too much technique for it. I've developed the parts of my technique that are useful to me. I'll never be a very fast guitar player. I don't really know what to say about my style. There's always a melodic intent in there.”

Knows My Own Too Much Player Style Guitar Technique Creeps Guitar Player Laughable

Author:David Gilmour

“I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.”

Player Rocks Guitar Brown Guitar Player Hendrix Vocalist

Author:Little Richard

“I don't remember that I copied any guitar player note-for-note. But I remember copying Charlie Parker note for note.”

Remember Player Notes Guitar Charlie Guitar Player Copying

Author:Joe Pass

“I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.”

Thinking Believe Heart Play Would Be I Believe Term Player Feet Doctors Guitar Legs Guitar Player Cardiologist

Author:B. B. King

“You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.”

Together Animal Player Guitar Singers Guitar Player

Author:Gavin DeGraw

“Bruce's band is so different from the Grateful Dead; there's no lead guitar player, for one thing.”

Different Player One Thing Band Grateful Guitar Guitar Player

Author:Phil Lesh

“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.”

Years Play Known Player Talent Guitar Marvelous Guitar Player Great Writers Fiddle Amazing Talent

Author:Guy Clark

“I was a guitar player first off.”

Firsts Player Guitar Guitar Player

Author:Boz Scaggs

“I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.”

People Knows Way Firsts Know How Player First Time Guitar Rhythm Guitar Player

Author:Rick Derringer

“There comes a point with any collaboration like that where you start having other interests creatively. I was moving in one direction musically, and as a guitar player, Mark wanted to move in another direction. That was essentially the reason we broke up.”

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Author:Scott Stapp

“But I've come to the point in my evolution on the instrument where I realize that I can't play the same stuff that just a guitar player or organ player would play - and I need to embrace that in a big way.”

Way Needs I Can Play Bigs Stuff Realizing Player Evolution Instruments Embrace Guitar Organs Guitar Player

Author:Charlie Hunter

“My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer.”

Mind Firsts Has Beens Whole Careers Imagine Player Guitar Singers Guitar Player Mind Blowing

Author:George Benson

“And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight that I wasn't able to play on the record. It's flattering just to play with them period.”

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Author:James Iha

“I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful!”

Ifs Sound Records Player Jazz Guitar Awful Hated Organs Guitar Player Saxophone Trios

Author:Tom Verlaine

“As a musician and a guitar player, I can noodle as well as anybody. But from my background as a session musician, I always try to play what is called for by the lyric and listening to the song. As a writer, that's what I do, too.”

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Author:Richie Sambora

“At school I had a really hard time being a guitar player. It’s like being a male ballerina in a way. It’s not the norm.”

Way Hard School Player Males Guitar Hard Times Norm Guitar Player Ballerina

Author:Orianthi

“But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.”

Remember Player Guitar Dozen Bass Guitar Player Dimes

Author:Krist Novoselic

“The Majesty guitar symbolizes the very reason why I am so proud to be a Music Man artist. I had the idea for this guitar a couple of years ago but it is because of their innovative spirit and dedication to the art of guitar building that it is now a reality. I am so grateful that I am able to collaborate with the best guitar company on the planet and so incredibly proud that together we have created what is to me, the perfect musical instrument for guitar players. I really hope you get a chance to play one and am confident that you will feel the same!”

“I forget what the official name of it was, but they did an all-day of roots music - every kind of music you can imagine from around the country - New Orleans Jazz to Indian flute players, R&B, you name it. I met and became good friends with (blues guitar player) Joe Louis Walker. He was on the show.”

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Author:Scotty Moore

“Invariably, guitar players that go solo make really bad records.”

Records Player Guitar Solo Guitar Player

Author:Richard Hawley

“I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.”

Young Player Crazy Horse Guitar My Favorite Guitar Player Crazy Love Crazy Horse

Author:Juliana Hatfield

“I'm a struggling guitar player.”

Struggle Player Guitar Guitar Player

Author:Megyn Kelly

“At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player.”

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Author:James Iha

“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.”

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Author:James Iha

“I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it is going some places. There are some musicians who are really putting out a good vibe with new theories. I try and keep up.”

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Author:George Benson

“I could have probably gone on and still played the part of the guitar player of Limp Bizkit, but musically I was kind of bored. If I was to continue, it would have been about the money and not about the true music, and I don't want to lie to myself, or to them or to fans of Limp Bizkit.”

Ifs Want Kind Has Beens Stills Lying Gone Player Fans Guitar Bored Guitar Player Limp Bizkit

Author:Wes Borland

“I've never really been schooled in music theory. I'm a guitar player, and I attack the guitar in a certain way that it not fully unique to me, but it's more unique that some other people.”

People Way Certain Player Theory Unique Guitar Guitar Player Schooled Music Theory

Author:Wes Borland

“My brother was very important to me. And he played guitar. So that's what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a guitar player. So he was the first one to inspire me to do something with my life. And I was so glad that he was there.”

Firsts Important Wanted Player Inspire Brother Guitar Glad My Brother Guitar Player

Author:Bootsy Collins

“I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.”

Lasts Song Player Guitar Singers Guitar Player

Author:Dan Auerbach

“I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.”

Firsts Player Guitar Guitar Player Unorthodox

Author:Lee DeWyze

“To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.”

Want Feels Sound Player Honest Periods Guitar Feel Good Being Honest Guitar Player

Author:Scott Ian

“I'll never be the best guitar player.”

Player Guitar Being The Best Guitar Player

Author:Chad Kroeger

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