“I suppose I am a frustrated musician so I annoy my family by playing guitar in the house. I used to be into acoustic stuff but my son Joseph is learning drums, so now I have an electric guitar and we play Metallica. We have an amp and a PA in the garage with his drum kit.” PlayUsedHouseStuffSonMusicianMy FamilyGuitarUsed To BeMy SonAnnoyingElectricFrustratedGarageAcousticsPlaying GuitarMetallicaElectric Guitar Author:Kevin McKidd
“I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there into the wide, wide world wasn't something I ever thought about.” WorldFirstsPlayMy FamilyGuitarWideProfessionFamily And Friends Author:Don McLean
“Up till now I wrote the songs on my acoustic guitar alone with the Lord. Then I would take the song and share it with my family and then we all would figure out instrumentation together.” TogetherSongLordShareFiguresMy FamilyGuitarAcousticsAcoustic GuitarInstrumentation Author:Daniel Smith
“I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 and I wrote my first song shortly after. Music was really important in my family. My grandma was a professional violin player and my parents first met when my dad was giving my mom guitar lessons.” GivingFirstsImportantSongParentPlayerMomDadLessonsMetsMy FamilyGuitarMy DadMy MomPianoViolinGrandmaMy GrandmaPiano Lesson Author:Eric Hutchinson
“I watch movies and hang with my family, go shopping, love to cuddle with my dog, Happy, & write songs with my guitar!” WritingSongWatchesDogMy FamilyGuitarShoppingMy DogWatch Movie Author:Megan Lee
“Music was fundamental in my family. Sang at bars, all the way to church on Sunday. Music in school, played guitar pulls at the house, go to other people's houses and break out the guitars, it was fun. It was always there, I've just been a part of it.” PeopleWaySchoolHouseFunChurchBreakMy FamilyFundamentalsGuitarBarsSundayBreak OutChurch On SundayMusic In Schools Author:Jamey Johnson
“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
“I grew up wanting a guitar, my family was very poor. When I was fourteen my mother bought me a Gibson ES 125 thin body. That was a bunch of money in those days - $125.00.” BodyMotherPoorGrewGrew UpMy FamilyGuitarBunchFourteen Author:Steve Young
“It's a good feeling to be at a place where you know who you are as an artist. I didn't know back then, I just wanted to give my family a better life and myself. I wanted to sing, but I didn't know as an artist who I wanted to be and because of all those experiences, it helped shape me into who I am and what I've now realized and what it is that brings me happiness which is when I pick up the guitar and do records.” KnowsGivingFeelingsWantedArtistRecordsShapesPicksMy FamilyWho You AreGuitarWho I AmBetter LifeGood Feeling Author:Tiffany Villarreal
“Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.” LittlesSchoolParentChildhoodMy FamilyGuitarCampsDragHobbiesPlaying Guitar Author:Bonnie Raitt
“Bottom line, Eliza— you’re my home and my family, and I don’t want to lose you. I could lose everything else, and as long as I still had you and a guitar I know I’d be all right. Do you get what I’m saying?” KnowsWantLongStillsHomeLosesLinesMy FamilyGuitarBottomBottom LineI Don't Want To Lose You Book:How to Kill a Rock Star Source: How to Kill a Rock Star