“When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.” BitsPiecesPicksGuitarStorytellingMelodyBits And Pieces Author:Ray LaMontagne
“There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent. You can sing and play guitar. That doesn't make you any better than anyone else.".” SaidPlayPiecesAdviceTalentCollegeDadGuitarMy DadOne Piece Author:John Denver
“A guitar is a piece of wood, and if this piece is resonating in a period of 40 or 60 years, it kind of gets to know what it is after awhile... the reason violinists play violins that are hundreds of years old. The wood learns to sing.” IfsKnowsYearsKindReasonPlayMusicPiecesPeriodsGuitarWoodsViolinViolinistResonating Author:Dave Genn
“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 don't care if it's Bruno Mars or Aerosmith or ZZ Top... it's about songs. 'Paperback Writer,' 'Satisfaction,' 'Cat Scratch Fever,' 'Walk This Way,' all the killer songs in the world start with an identifiable guitar pattern that is basically a bastardization of either honky-tonk or boogie-woogie. And that's in every cool piece of music in the world that you and I love.” IfsWorldWayCareSongWalksPiecesCatGuitarPatternsSatisfactionDon't CareI Don't CareKillersMarsScratchesFeverVery CoolAerosmithBoogieTonks Author:Ted Nugent
“I felt I had nothing more to say. Everything would have had to be a replay of the previous two or three albums, and that decided me to stop. What bothered me most was not playing guitar at all anymore. I felt I had no more contact with the instrument. It was just a piece of wood to me. I even thought music had definitely left me. After fourteen albums, there may be an overload phase, a sort of lassitude.” MayTwoThreeLeftFeltPiecesDecidedInstrumentsGuitarAlbumsWoodsContactPhasesBotheredFourteenPlaying GuitarOverloadReplay Author:Richard Pinhas