Quotes of: Classical-guitar Keyword

But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder.

Ritchie Blackmore

An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life.

Sting

I actually love woodworking. I'm just getting into it. And I love playing guitar, I'm a big movie aficionado, and I like hiking.

Jordan Gavaris

I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer.

Kiefer Sutherland

Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.

Cat Power

A lot of people said to me, 'Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!'

Carlos Santana

So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.

Callie Thorne

When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.

Becky G

I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

B. B. King

I started playing guitar when I was in my late teens, and within two years I was starting to play shows.

Buzz Osborne

I wrote my first song at 6. I spent every day with the guitar, and I just made up songs.

Hunter Hayes

I know a few chords on the guitar, but I wouldn't be able do a show or even be part of a jam session with one.

Jake Shimabukuro

It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar.

John Scofield

Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.

Daisy Berkowitz

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.

Dan Fogelberg

What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.

Dave Mustaine

In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.

Don McLean

I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.

James Hetfield

Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.

Brian May

I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day.

David Gilmour

When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.

Eddy Arnold