“Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been involved in or at the helm of, is driven by rhythm, my band is driven entirely by rhythm, machine rhythm, and the purpose of the rock instrumentation is literally to speak the beats, to emulate the rhythms with guitars and bass, with very little articulation, and without being 'progressive'.” FirstsLittlesHas BeensPurposeSpeakCreativeRocksInvolvedBandBeatsMachinesInstrumentsGuitarDrivenRhythmEtcProgressiveBassEmulateHelmArticulationInstrumentation Author:Justin Broadrick
“If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.” IfsKnowsTwoThreeMusicPracticeOne DayCriticsGuitarTwo Days Author:Jascha Heifetz
“Performance and music are inexorably tied together. And hell, I'll watch Brittany's Toxic music video all day. But there's a difference between that and listening to Leo Kottke play guitar. One is entertainment. The other is Music.” PlayTogetherDifferencesWatchesHellListeningPerformancesGuitarEntertainmentVideoToxicTiedBrittany Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I just started doing this one-man show, and I wanted to be able to score it, so I bought a guitar, and got a keyboard and got a harmonica. I remember when I started that I didn't understand why a harmonica had different letters on them.” MenDifferentShowsAbleWantedRememberLettersGuitarScoreOne ManRemember WhenKeyboardsHarmonicas Author:Demetri Martin
“I don't have an image of myself, when I'm walking down the street, like I'm a rock star or something. I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that but in the end I'm just a person. I really don't live like a rock star, economically or socially. I still live a pretty simple life beside the traveling aspect of it.” HumansPersonsStillsEndsPlayArtistStarsHuman BeingsSimpleStreetsRocksMomWalkingAspectGuitarElectricRock StarSimple LifeElectric Guitar Author:Patti Smith
“I do get labeled as a guitar band, but the only reason is that's the instrument I know how to play. The guitar is serving the song I'm writing. But I'm learning how to play keyboard better now so that'll start serving the song as well; it'll be another flavor. I'm not going to switch it up with big, fat drum machine beats and real swoopy synths, but yeah...” KnowsWritingWellsRealReasonPlayBigsSongKnow HowBandBeatsMachinesYeahInstrumentsGuitarFatsServingFlavorKeyboardsBetter Now Author:Mac DeMarco
“My dad started teaching me how to play guitar when I was 13 years old. When he'd go to work, he'd map out guitar cords on a piece of notebook paper. I'd sit down and look at it every day and practice while he was gone.” YearsLooksPlayPracticeGonePiecesTeachingDadPaperDown AndGuitarMy DadMapsNotebookCords Author:Jason Aldean
“I only took about five guitar lessons in my life from an actual teacher. I learned fast that that wasn't for me. I didn't have the attention span to learn that way. So I learned the basics from my dad, then just from playing on stage, and watching other guitar players.” WayAttentionFiveTeacherPlayerStageDadLessonsGuitarMy DadGuitar PlayerBasicsAttention Span Author:Jason Aldean
“If you are having trouble making a chord, get a book, that is how I learned. There are guitar tuning apps so you can tune your guitar, and just learn how to play along with your records. And it's great to be able to play along with another musician. That is like trial by fire.” IfsBookPlayAbleRecordsFireTroubleMusicianGuitarTrialsTunesChordsAppsTuningTrouble Making Author:Joan Jett
“I never took singing lessons. I guess, I feel comfortable with it, but I do not feel like a singer. I never want to sing without a guitar in my hand. I consider myself more of a songwriter, rather than a singer. I could never be in a wedding band and just sing Marvin Gaye songs.” WantFeelsHandsSongLessonsBandComfortableSingingGuitarSingersSongwritersMarvinWedding Band Author:Jack Johnson
“I don't touch electric guitars. It's just not my thing - I stick with acoustic guitars only.” SticksGuitarElectricAcousticsAcoustic GuitarElectric Guitar Author:Dave Matthews
“I have always been drawn to percussion and drums, to bass and piano, in music much more then I am drawn to the guitar and the other lead instruments.” InstrumentsGuitarPianoBassPercussion Author:Dave Matthews
“I think my favorite medium is music, with my main tools being my voice and a guitar. But I do find every other medium extremely fulfilling and useful in helping everything I do. Sometimes I need to make a song just for a comic. All of the art and mediums are connected for me.” ThinkingNeedsArtSometimesHelpingSongVoiceToolsGuitarMy FavoriteConnectedMediumsComicFulfilling Author:Gerard Way
“I like to sit in front of the computer, going through files of music, and recording the final vocals, guitars and what- nots. But the windows are always open and you can hear the crickets, birds, chickens, and even the sound of rain hitting the studio. The farm is a great place to hang out in, learn from and create music.” SoundFrontsComputerBirdRainWindowGuitarFinalsStudiosChickensHanging OutFarmsHittingCricketVocalFilesSound Of Rain Author:Jason Mraz
“I like the idea of becoming [fairly] good at lots of things rather than very good at just one thing. So it would be nice to be okay at the guitar or at the piano, a reasonable cook, perhaps able to fix your car or do some basic carpentry, and be able to write the odd article. Rather than being super good at one tiny thing, to be kind of average at lots of things. It might mean that you have a more kind of enjoyable, complete life.” WritingKindMeanIdeasMightWould BeAbleNiceOne ThingCarBecomingOkayGuitarVery GoodAverageTinyCooksOddPianoJust OneReasonableBe KindArticlesBeing NiceEnjoyableCarpentryTiny ThingsComplete Life Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Little things like making clothes, baking bread, cooking, even useless things like bird-watching, sketching flowers, playing guitar in the home - that sort of time is gone. And the time we have? We're so exhausted, we want to let ourselves get sucked in to the escape world of TV. I'm speaking from experience; I'm not above all this.” WorldWantLittlesHomeGoneFlowerTvsClothesBirdCookingGuitarBreadUselessLittle ThingsExhaustedBakingPlaying GuitarSketchingUseless ThingsBird WatchingBaking Bread Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“I'm singing the way that I love to sing, which is like old soul, like old Al Green. I grew up about an hour from Memphis. So all that music that I grew up with - the Stax music and early rhythm n' blues - I'm doing that. I'm actually getting out from behind my guitar and I'm singing.” WaySoulHoursBehindsGrewGrew UpSingingGreenGuitarRhythmAlsMemphisOld Soul Author:Sheryl Crow
“Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.” IfsWorldHappensLyingPeaceMusicThis WorldChangedMusicianMusic IsGuitarFake PeopleGreat MusicGuitaristInspirational MusicPower Of MusicMusic SoulMusic LifeWorld MusicBlues MusicFamous MusicianMusic Is LifeOld MusicGuitar MusicMusic ArtistPassion For MusicMusic Is My Passion Author:Jimi Hendrix
“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.” WayWantLifeInspirationalDeathTimeDiesMusicLet MeGuitarLive LifeGood LifeBe YouLiving My LifeJust Be YourselfI Live My LifeLife Well LivedGood LivingNice LifeLive For YourselfJust Being MePurple Haze Author:Jimi Hendrix
“Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.” IfsWantLifeInspirationalGivingSometimesMotivationalHateGiving UpSticksGuitarRock N RollGuitaristPlaying GuitarElectric GuitarGuitar PlayingMusicianshipGuitar Music Author:Jimi Hendrix
“I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.” PeopleWellsMistakeMusicHeardFameGuitarCopiesGuitaristMy MistakesPlagiarismGuitar Music Author:Jimi Hendrix
“It's just for some reason I've got just as many fans that only like me when I'm yelling or being funny or whatnot, and jumping up and down on a pogo stick while playing a fancy lead guitar. And they get mad when I sing a heartfelt emotional song and if there's an album full of them.” IfsReasonSongFansEmotionalMadSticksGuitarAlbumsLike MeFancyJumpingUp And DownHeartfeltYellingBeing FunnyPogo Sticks Author:Butch Walker
“The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.” LoveMusicSacrificeGuitarBurnedSinger SongwritersGuitar PlayerThings You LoveGuitar PlayingGuitar Music Author:Jimi Hendrix
“I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out.” WholeWishFieldsGuitarElectricOld DaysCottonGood Old DaysElectric GuitarCotton Fields Author:Jimi Hendrix
“I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around.” MovingHatePlayerI HateGuitarCornersDancerSongwritersGuitar PlayerTap Dancers Author:Jimi Hendrix
“I always have a guitar with me. Actually, I've got several, I play every day. And I enjoy it. I'm never very far away from them. I swear I only ever get a couple days when I'm away from a guitar, and I never like it! There's always one close by, and I play every day. Or I'll be working on something in the studio and play around a bit. It's an extension of me, really.” PlayBitsEnjoyCoupleGuitarStudiosFar AwaySwearExtensions Author:Andy Summers
“I have a couple of nice guitars that I use, but I don't have anything that I collect. I collect a lot of dust in my apartment, if that counts for anything.” IfsUseNiceCoupleGuitarDustApartment Author:Chris Carmack
“I think I was around 10 or 11 years of age when I got my first guitar, but I can remember being as young as 3 or 4 watching my father jam on acoustic to his favorite rush and Jimmy Hendrix albums so I have always been around music.” ThinkingYearsFirstsI CanAgeRememberYoungFatherGuitarAlbumsJamJimmyAcousticsHendrix Author:Mike Powell
“I used to play a few instruments including guitar and snare drums, but I think a musical background is an important part of a career. If you start out playing instruments you create a better instinct and feeling for music.” IfsThinkingImportantPlayFeelingsUsedCareersInstrumentsInstinctGuitarMusicalIncludingBackgroundsSnaresPlaying Instruments Author:Nicky Romero
“The first reason why I started to use the [electric] keyboard is because I really like the bending sound of the guitar and bass player. I can't bend the piano sound. I really like the feel behind it. I feel it adds flavour and character to my music.” FeelsFirstsI CanReasonCharacterUseSoundBehindsPlayerAddGuitarReason WhyPianoElectricBassKeyboardsBendingFlavourBass Players Author:Hiromi
“I started writing when I was 17. I got an acoustic guitar for my birthday after I discovered Bob Dylan and James Taylor.” WritingGuitarBobDylanAcousticsMy BirthdayAcoustic Guitar Author:Jason Reeves
“There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful.” PlayPeriodsFingersGuitarHandfulMessed Up Author:Jason Reeves
“There are no rules or certain methods. I usually start with the guitar or piano and sing melodies over the chords. The lyrics seem to be born out of that, and the fact that it's still a mystery to me is my favorite part.” StillsFactsSeemsCertainBornMysteryMethodGuitarMy FavoritePianoMelodyChords Author:Jason Reeves
“When I was 17 I got a guitar for my birthday and started discovering Bob Dylan and James Taylor and the whole '60s thing, and that made me want to make songs, to go beyond just playing an instrument. I needed to write I guess.” WantWritingMadeWholeSongNeededInstrumentsGuitarBobDiscoveringDylanMy Birthday Author:Jason Reeves
“I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar. I always saw myself as an old man living in the mountains playing a guitar, but I didn't really turn that into a desire to be a professional musician or a singer or a rock star or anything like that.” MenWantedDesireTurnsStarsSawsRocksMountainMusicianGuitarBe GoodSingersOld ManRock StarPlaying MusicPlaying Guitar Author:Brett Dennen
“I didn't know that you were supposed to tune the guitar to an open chord, and I learned to play slide with a normal tuning. I think it's a little more melodic that way and doesn't sound so bluesy. Of course, if I could play like David Lindley or Ry Cooder, I'd be a happy man!” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWayLittlesPlayCoursesSoundNormalGuitarIf I CouldTunesChordsSlidesTuningHappy Man Author:Ken Hensley
“You just make different music on a computer. And you can make wonderful music on a computer, but don't pretend that the machinery is transparent. It makes as much difference to what you're doing as it does if you play an acoustic guitar as opposed to a kettledrum. You're not going to make the same music.” IfsDoeDifferentPlayDifferencesWonderfulComputerGuitarMachineryTransparentAcousticsAcoustic GuitarDifferent Music Author:Brian Eno
“I'm from the generation that's always been recording, from the very beginning. I learned to play the guitar on the four-track. I started listening to music at a time when people were doing recording at home, when the discussion about songwriting correlated to the discussion about producing and engineering. I think that's a description of my generation.” PeopleThinkingPlayHomeFourGenerationsListeningGuitarTrackDiscussionDescriptionSongwritingEngineeringListening To MusicMy Generation Author:Sufjan Stevens
“My son youngest son David's favorite song - he plays guitar - and he likes "Devil Pray." That's his favorite.” PlaySongSonPrayingDevilGuitarLikesMy SonFavorite SongYoungest Son Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I'm not very good at the accordion. If I played guitar, I wouldn't be on anyone's album. But because I play the accordion and no one else does, I end up doing strange things.” IfsDoeEndsPlayStrangeGuitarVery GoodAlbumsStrange ThingsAccordions Author:Daniel Handler
“Many people in the neighborhood liked hip-hop and house music, and I couldn't play that. You can't perform that on guitar or drums, which was what I was playing, at the time. But, I got so much from mariachi bands that were constantly playing in the neighborhood.” PeoplePlayHouseBandGuitarHip HopHipsHopsNeighborhoodHouse Music Author:Jimmy Page
“Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that point. It helped. It was a super-expensive guitar either, but something needs to steer you a bit, if you're playing an instrument that is really hard.” IfsNeedsHardEasyBitsInstrumentsGuitarExpensiveFriendlyUsersSteersGuitaristUser Friendly Author:Jimmy Page
“I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot of energy into that.” EnergySingingGuitarFolks Author:Jamie Campbell Bower
“I originally wanted to be a singer, but I was average. I made 18 records, but none were that great. I was in a dance band at Bournemouth Pavilion for three years, and I played guitar too.” YearsMadeWantedThreeRecordsBandGuitarAverageSingersThree Years Author:Tony Blackburn
“I came from the last couple of years in a generation where we didn't have a computer around so we didn't waste as much time on the internet as we do now so I had large chuncks of time which to devote to doing something.” YearsLastsPlayerGenerationsCoupleInternetWasteComputerGuitarGuitar Player Author:John Mayer
“Well, it grow together. It's like, first time I try to write a song is the first time I try to play the guitar. And so I can write a song without the guitar. But it really grow together. I really like stay with my guitar. But it just happen, is the inspiration come through man. Because, I personally, it look like, could I write a whole heap a tune, it look like. But I pick special tune to write. Cause a man can think of plenty things. Yuh know wah ah mean.” ThinkingKnowsMenWritingTryingFirstsWellsLooksMeanI CanPlayWholeInspirationHappensTogetherSongGrowsCausesSpecialPicksFirst TimeGuitarPlentyTunesSongwriting Author:Bob Marley
“Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is.” KnowsWritingMatterRoomsProjectsNo Matter WhatMajorityGuitarPianoRock N Roll Author:Trey Anastasio
“I enjoy playing the band as the band. I be the whole band and Im playing the drums, Im playing the guitar, Im playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that.” WholeEnjoyWonderfulBandMusic IsGuitarWonderful ThingsPlaying MusicSaxophone Author:Chick Corea
“I remember playing the guitar through the amplifier facing out the window of my house onto the street in the summer time - that was social media in 1992.” RememberHouseSocialStreetsMediaSummerWindowGuitarSocial MediaAmplifiersSummer Time Author:John Mayer