“When it's a funky uptempo song, you're basically having the same kind of release you would have when you have sex, only it lasts longer. Whether you're playing it on the guitar or on the dance floor, you're in that moment.” KindMomentsLastsSongSexGuitarReleaseThat MomentDance FloorFunky Author:Bonnie Raitt
“I'm a real sucker for guitars. I've had a crush on many, many a guitarist.” RealGuitarCrushSuckerGuitarist Author:J. K. Rowling
“Johnny Depp already seen how alcohol and drugs can get in the way of a career. And you have to remember one thing: Johnny was a guitar player and a rock-and-roller way before he was an actor. When he came to Los Angeles, he came with his band.” WayRememberActorsCareersPlayerOne ThingRocksDrugBandGuitarAlcoholLos AngelesGuitar Player Author:Alice Cooper
“I have undeniable evidence that many have awakened as a result of my raising hell. Raising hell is SO American rock-and-roll. And of course even soulless wimps love killer music and my incredible guitar tone.” CoursesResultsHellRocksEvidenceGuitarIncrediblesToneKillersRock And RollAwakenedSoullessWimpsRaising HellHell Raising Author:Ted Nugent
“As I've grown older I've been more influenced by more meandering styles of guitar playing, whether it's Celtic or Ethiopian folk music or some kind of noisier jazz like Sonny Sharrock. In terms of songwriting, I don't know that I could even pin it down.” KnowsKindTermStyleJazzGuitarFolksSongwritingPinsFolk MusicCelticGuitar Playing Author:Ted Leo
“'Built This Pool' was an idea that I had for a song starting several years ago, and as we were in between takes of recording something, I was actually holding a guitar at the time, and I played this silly thing, and sang the lyrics to 'Built This Pool' kinda in the background.” YearsIdeasSongBuiltYears AgoGuitarStartingSillyBackgroundsPoolSilly Things Author:Mark Hoppus
“That's always attractive to me, to work with music whose form is a big question mark. Even many of my favorite bands growing up, when I was just a kid learning to play drums and guitar and everything, were bands like Pink Floyd, where the arrangement, the number of bars in each section is unconventional and often lopsided, and there will be small little instrumental interludes and that sort of thing. So those odd forms, as well as dark content, are the things that I think are continuous through all the type of projects that I've been attracted to.” ThinkingWellsLittlesPlayBigsKidsFormDarkNumbersGrowing UpGrowingTypeBandProjectsMarkGuitarMy FavoriteBarsOddAttractiveArrangementsSectionsBig QuestionsUnconventionalQuestion MarkFavorite Bands Author:Charlie Clouser
“I remember feeling for the first time going somewhere where I was part of a community where I didn't feel like an outcast. I felt like I belonged. Everyone had a guitar strapped to their back.” FeelsFirstsFeelingsRememberFeltCommunityFirst TimeGuitarOutcast Author:John Petrucci
“Guitar players get inward and analytical about their playing but when you start to get positive feedback from other players it makes you think that it is coming together.” ThinkingTogetherPlayerGuitarInwardFeedbackMake You ThinkGuitar PlayerComing TogetherPositive Feedback Author:John Petrucci
“I often think about my Music Man guitars being 100 million percent tailored to my needs as a player and how lucky I am.” ThinkingMenNeedsMillionsPlayerLuckyPercentGuitarTailoredMusic Man Author:John Petrucci
“There were some initial instruments I had when I was young and made some trade-offs. Maybe a guitar I bought in a flea market. They weren't the greatest guitar but they would be cool to still have them. Other than that, not as a professional.” MadeStillsWould BeYoungInstrumentsTradeGuitarInitialsBeing CoolFleasTrade OffsFlea Markets Author:John Petrucci
“I didn't try out for bands when I was younger. I got into guitars intensely a couple of years into playing so much by the time I was graduating high school I was accepted into Berklee College of Music.” TryingYearsSchoolCollegeCoupleBandHigh SchoolGuitarAcceptedGraduatesGraduating High School Author:John Petrucci
“I have a lot of guitars. Yeah, I'm not like a guitar collector, I don't have all vintage instruments. I don't even own a Strat or Les Paul. I don't have one.” YeahInstrumentsGuitarCollectorsVintage Author:John Petrucci
“Almost 15 with music, we have so many guitars that we developed over the years. The latest one is 'The Majesty' guitar, which I'm really proud of.” YearsProudGuitarMajesty Author:John Petrucci
“When we make those guitars we make tons of prototypes, I have all those. And once a guitar has come out there's all different versions and colours and woods and I have all those. There's hundreds of them.” DifferentGuitarWoodsVersionsColourPrototype Author:John Petrucci
“We have a storage close by where I live, that's very organised. My guitar tech, Matty organised it all, labeled everything.” GuitarStorageOrganised Author:John Petrucci
“Sometimes I'll hear a certain approach that kinda cathes my ear, like „It's kinda cool what that guy's doing there", or maybe an effect that somebody's using, or a guitar sound, or something that kinda makes me open up. But the funny thing is i realise over time how sort of traditional i am.” SometimesGuyCertainSoundEffectsApproachEarsGuitarTraditionalRealisingFunny ThingsThat GuyGuitar Sound Author:John Petrucci
“In Japan they're definitely more over the top. They had four Boogie stacks and 20 guitars. But otherwise it's pretty much the same thing, except there's a translator. It's really nice.” FourNiceGuitarJapanReally NiceOver The TopTranslatorsBoogie Author:John Petrucci
“I went straight out of high school, and when I was 17, all I wanted to do was play guitar.” PlayWantedSchoolHigh SchoolGuitar Author:John Petrucci
“To be in Boston, which is a great city and which is full of many colleges and young kids, and to be around that many people that were at the same point in their lives, who played guitar or whatever instrument - it was just perfect. It was a great environment.” PeopleKidsYoungPerfectCitiesEnvironmentCollegeInstrumentsGuitarBostonGreat Cities Author:John Petrucci
“Instead of buying a guitar for $2,000 or $2,500 - I'm not sure how much these are going for - but it's maybe $300 or something like that. It's more for beginners and stuff like that. Obviously it's not hitting the pros. And you can't get the Piezo pickup and the color-changing paint and the inlays and all the fancy things that my signature guitars offer, but you can get the general feel of the guitar - and the body style. It's cool.” FeelsBodyStuffStyleColorOffersPaintGuitarNot SureFancyBuyingHittingSignaturesBeginnersPickupsFancy Things Author:John Petrucci
“Many kids and parents ask me, 'What kind of guitar can I buy?' It's a great opportunity for those people to be able to buy a quality guitar that's not necessarily a little Fender or whatever. Ernie Ball signature model guitar is something that's more signature.” PeopleKindLittlesKidsAbleAsksOpportunityParentQualityModelsBallsGuitarAsk MeSignaturesGreat Opportunity Author:John Petrucci
“My main objective with a home studio - I could get into doing full band demos - but my first objective is to cut things like guitar tracks and solos at home.” FirstsHomeCuttingBandGuitarTrackStudiosObjectivesSoloDemos Author:John Petrucci
“I started playing guitar when I was 12, and I started getting into more metal, like Maiden and Metallica... Of course, as I kind of got better and better in the guitar, I was listening to more guitar players, so then I got into, I guess, more of the prog side.” KindCoursesSidesPlayerListeningGuitarMetalsGuitar PlayerMaidensPlaying GuitarMetallica Author:John Petrucci
“I think it's a good way to sort of build your career and even when I was a young kid, I did the same thing, I looked at these guitar players, like ...I was a big fan of Steve Vai, and Al DiMeola, and said "What do those guys do?" and I found out that they went to Berkelee College of music, so I was like "Well, I'm going to go to Berkelee College of Music", and you try to, like, learn from those things, so... It's important.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsSaidImportantBigsKidsYoungGuyFoundCareersPlayerFansCollegeGuitarAlsGood WayGuitar Player Author:John Petrucci
“You might pick up some influences from another type of music that you wouldn't normally think of, but, you know, maybe as a guitar player, it will come out in your improvisational style, maybe as a song writer it might come out in your note choices, or in your melodic choices, and it just helps to making your music that much more original and unique.” ThinkingKnowsHelpingMightSongChoicesPlayerInfluenceStyleTypeUniquePicksOriginalsNotesGuitarGuitar Player Author:John Petrucci
“I started out on guitar when I was nine years old, and I started playing bars and stuff when I was thirteen, and I've been playing ever since.” YearsStuffGuitarNineBarsThirteenNine Years Author:DJ Ashba
“I grew up in a really bad situation; my father left when I was young - you know, an abusive situation. So the minute I put my fingers on a guitar and closed my eyes and just played, it literally was like a drug. It took me into a totally different world, and I just pulled from emotions and experiences that I was going through.” KnowsWorldDifferentEyeYoungFatherLeftEmotionSituationMinutesGrewDrugGrew UpFingersGuitarDifferent WorldsAbusiveBad Situations Author:DJ Ashba
“If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.” IfsPlayPainSongGuitarPianoSwimming Author:Jimmy Cliff
“I play a bunch of instruments, like piano, drums, guitar and bass. And the kazoo every now and then. I'm trying to learn how to play the trumpet and the saxophone. That's what I'm learning how to play.” TryingPlayInstrumentsGuitarBunchPianoNow And ThenBassTrumpetsSaxophoneKazoos Author:Mac Miller
“Since I was a kid, when I pick up my guitar it's been hard for me to write some sort of bubblegum lyrics. It's not really ever been my route.” WritingHardKidsPicksGuitarRoutes Author:Aaron Bruno
“Seeing my children makes me come most alive. I come home and I see my kids' faces light up when they see me at the door with my guitar case. They run to me, we hug. I never go beyond a few weeks without being in their presence, so they have adjusted quite well.” WellsChildrenHomeLightRunningKidsFacesCasesAliveSeeingDoorsWeekGuitarMy ChildrenComing HomeHugLight Up Author:Richard Patrick
“I decided, "Well, I'll be a forest ranger!" Because I thought, "I'll get to go out in the woods, I'll be in the forest, and I can sit in a tower and watch for forest fires and play my guitar. That's what I want to do!" Well, I was an idiot, of course.” WantWellsI CanPlayCoursesWatchesFireDecidedGuitarWoodsForestsIdiotTowersRangersForest Fires Author:Keith Carradine
“The guitar is my favorite and the one, I guess, I'm best at. But I play enough of the different instruments to be able to write with them and to, hopefully, to make myself look impressive on stage.” WritingLooksDifferentEnoughPlayAbleStageInstrumentsGuitarMy FavoriteHopefullyImpressive Author:Dolly Parton
“Ted Templeman, the producer, and Donn Landee, the engineer, are the same team that signed Van Halen, when they were called Mammoth. Donn convinced them to change it to the last name of the guitar player and drummer.” LastsNamesPlayerTeamGuitarConvincedProducersEngineersVansDrummerGuitar PlayerVan Halen Author:Sammy Hagar
“I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is percussion and rhythm and loudness, then that is the way the dance numbers will be. But it is pretty hard on romance with seven guitars, three drums, and no melody instruments in the band.” IfsWayHardTodayRomanceThreeNumbersMissingBandInstrumentsSevenGuitarRhythmMelodyAccentsPercussion Author:Gene Kelly
“I didn't go out on one date in high school. I played guitar and sang and wrote my own music and poetry and stuff when I was a teenager.” SchoolStuffMy OwnHigh SchoolGuitarTeenager Author:Kathy Bates
“When I'm writing with just an acoustic guitar, it can be for anyone.” WritingGuitarAcousticsAcoustic Guitar Author:Dan Auerbach
“When you're a guitar teacher, you teach people for a few years, and you become comrades after a while. Because everybody eventually catches up to everybody else, and you want to help each other out - to see if you can make the dream a reality.” PeopleIfsWantYearsHelpingDreamRealityTeachTeacherGuitarComradeHelping Each Other Author:Joe Satriani
“Randy [ Rhoads] had small hands. Boy, could he play guitar. He became an even better guitar player after he died.” PlayHandsBoysPlayerDiedGuitarGuitar PlayerRandySmall HandsRandy Rhoads Author:Lemmy Kilmister
“It is a well-known mystery that guitar players suddenly get better once they are dead. Buddy Holly was the first. Stevie Ray Vaughan is known by a lot more people than had ever heard of him when he was alive.” PeopleFirstsWellsKnownAlivePlayerHeardMysteryGuitarGet BetterRaysWell KnownBuddyGuitar PlayerHollies Author:Lemmy Kilmister
“There seemed to be a sense about Sarah [Harmer] even back then.She was obviously a quick study. I remember going to the Harmer farmhouse and sitting around the pool, and Sarah had a guitar. Maybe I knew four chords, but she already knew five. After doing 600 gigs that week, I would sing with her in a ragged voice, and she had the voice of a bird.” RememberVoiceStudyFiveFourWeekBirdSittingGuitarPoolChordsGigsSitting AroundRagged Author:Gordon Downie
“I've played guitar for years, and wanted to play guitar, but we got halfway through the last one and realized we hadn't used any.” YearsPlayWantedLastsUsedGuitarHalfway Author:Will Farquarson
“It became a bit of a challenge to make an album that is essentially quite alternative sounding, and has a lot of sounds that could be guitar - for instance on "Overjoyed," there's what sounds like guitar but is actually a lot of keys.” BitsSoundChallengesKeysGuitarAlbumsInstanceAlternativesOverjoyed Author:Will Farquarson
“It was quite nice to get an opportunity to introduce on the second album something a bit fresh for us. For the rest of the world, perhaps it's not, because guitar is quite ubiquitous, but for us it's exciting to just have guitar on the record.” WorldOpportunityBitsRecordsNiceExcitingGuitarAlbumsIntroducing Author:Will Farquarson
“I was working with D'Mile - he's amazing! And I don't know, it was like that guitar riff was so crazy to me, and so I think I was frustrated about something that happened earlier and I feel like I'm just a good guy, I don't cut people off, I don't really call people out when they do stuff that they should be called out on, and I'm just always the one being the bigger person. So, that day "Gangster" just came out. That's just how I feel in that day to day life.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsShouldPersonsGuyStuffCuttingHappenedCrazyBiggerGuitarMilesFrustratedDay To DayGood GuyGangstersDay LifeDay To Day LifeBigger Person Author:PJ Harvey
“I watched the video [ with my first commercial] when I was 20, and in the video, there are two families. The first family is this smiling blond Partridge family, a Californian/Aryan kind of thing, all playing guitars, all singing together and harmonizing. And then, there's my family - and in my family, it starts with my mom saying that she feels like a drill sergeant sometimes, and she's yelling at one of my brothers to stop hitting another one of my brothers. It's just like, "Great, we're that family." It felt a little Simpsons versus Flanders.” FeelsFirstsKindLittlesTwoSometimesTogetherFeltBrotherMomSingingMy FamilyGuitarMy MomVideoMy BrotherHittingVersusYellingDrillsPlaying GuitarSergeantsCaliforniansFlandersSinging TogetherDrill Sergeant Author:Mara Wilson
“When I started off in Wales, I sang and accompanied myself with guitar in the '50s. And then I got a band together, which is a rhythm section, really. I used to do a lot of blues, and rhythm and blues, and '50s rock 'n' roll and country, and all kinds of stuff.” KindCountryTogetherUsedStuffRocksBandGuitarAll KindsRhythmRock N RollSectionsWalesRhythm And BluesRhythm Section Author:Tom Jones
“If I want to be moved by the track, I don't want it to be sequenced, I want it to be somebody playing the guitar or piano or a horn arrangement where you can hear the breath. You can almost smell the studio while listening to the music. For me, that's what moves me emotionally, that's what I came from. I think that's always going to work best for me.” IfsThinkingWantMovingListeningBreathsMovedGuitarTrackStudiosSmellPianoArrangementsGoing To WorkHorns Author:Eric Benet
“I got a new 4-track cassette recorder a year or so after high school. For a while I would just stare at it thinking, how am I going to do this if I don't play guitar or keyboards? How am I going to write and record a song if I don't know how to play any instruments? I mean, I played the violin, but I didn't know anything about how to work a 4-track.” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingYearsMeanPlaySchoolSongKnow HowRecordsHigh SchoolInstrumentsGuitarTrackStaringViolinKeyboardsRecordersCassettesAfter High School Author:Petra Haden