“I wasn't thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time.” RoomsGuitar Author:Kurt Cobain
“I'm in hotel rooms night after night, playing a lot of the same venues as my dad and carrying the guitar that used to be his. We're the same person. I don't know if he realises how much of a legacy he has left to his children.” IfsKnowsChildrenPersonsUsedNightLeftRoomsDadGuitarMy DadUsed To BeLegacyHotelRealisingVenuesHotel Rooms Author:Martha Wainwright
“My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood. I wanted to be able to sit in a room with a guitar and play the song from beginning to end and have it be as impactful as if you heard the studio version with all the bells and whistles.” IfsWritingEndsPlayAbleWantedSongFeltGoalRoomsHeardUnderstoodGuitarProductionsStudiosVersionsBells Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Lindsey [Buckingham] and I went up to Aspen and we went to somebody's incredible house and they had a piano and I had my guitar with me and I went in their living room, looking out over the incredible Aspen sky and I wrote 'Landslide.'” HouseRoomsSkyGuitarIncrediblesPianoLiving RoomLandslidesAspens Author:Stevie Nicks
“I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.” KnowsNextRoomsBrotherMovedGuitarPassionateMy BrotherElectricBassAssemblyAcousticsRecordersPlaying Bass Author:Ellie Goulding
“My room is never clean. I play 'Guitar Hero' all the time and throw things around my room.” PlayRoomsHeroCleanGuitarGuitar Hero Author:Miranda Cosgrove
“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
“In a time when everything can be next day and ordered and put on credit and paid for, music to me is promise, all promise, very little realization. It's the promise of walking into a room with a guitar and not being sure you will leave with an idea that will take, not being sure it won't slip away from you.” LittlesIdeasNextRoomsWalkingPromisePaidGuitarCreditRealizationSlipsNext DayAway From You Author:John Mayer
“I enjoy the song writing process more than anything. It's what I like the most, just sitting in my room with guitar or at the piano or something. Just making something up, something that's not there, that suddenly is there.” WritingSongProcessEnjoyRoomsSittingGuitarPianoWriting Process Author:Bernard Fanning