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Most Famous Guitar Quotes of All Time!

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There aren't too many female guitar players.

Quotes by Orianthi

'Guitar World' is one of my favorite magazines.

Quotes by Orianthi

I can't play guitar well at all, so I had to learn that.

Quotes by Olly Alexander

Emotion is a full range of a spectrum, like colours. It's not just anger. How are you going to get that out with just a guitar and screaming? You need to explore everything else.

Quotes by Oliver Sykes

The guitar shouldn't be a main instrument, it should be a texture. It shouldn't be important whether it's there or not. If it's important to you whether a guitar is there or not, you're weird.

Quotes by Oliver Sykes

I feel like something I've wanted to do for a really long time, in a feature film or anything, is playing a rocker. Somewhere where I can be on a stage and have a guitar or a microphone and just...

Quotes by Olivia Holt

I play guitar, piano, and I'm learning to play the drums.

Quotes by Nolan Sotillo

I saw Jennifer Batten do a cool guitar solo before I ever saw any other girl do a cool guitar solo.

Quotes by Nita Strauss

I started playing guitar because of seeing Steve Vai.

Quotes by Nita Strauss

You can be in the band, you can go buy your own guitar strings at Guitar Center, you can go and do everything the boys can do and you're not the oddity anymore.

Quotes by Nita Strauss

It's hard to get a start as an instrumental guitar player. It's a much quicker route to be in a band, so I was always in a band and writing songs with singers, but I always had the dream in...

Quotes by Nita Strauss

The guitar player that I'm doing my solo tour with, Angel Vivaldi, he's been releasing incredible guitar albums and people just don't really know about them because instrumental guitar isn't really at the forefront of music these days.

Quotes by Nita Strauss

At times I have a beat first and then I write. Sometimes I have a melody in my head and I pick up the guitar to develop the song. Other times I just write without any melodies, and I end...

Quotes by Nneka

I picked up the guitar at 15 because of Taylor Swift.

Quotes by Nina Nesbitt

I do very well with English, and I think I should do that more and take advantage of the versatility I have. I can sing; I can play guitar.

Quotes by Nicky Jam

After school, instead of going into the restaurant scene, I very consciously took my guitar around everywhere I could, to Irish pubs and restaurants, and I played four nights a week to make ends meet.

Quotes by Nick Gehlfuss

I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.

Quotes by Nick Cave

The violin is my mistress, but the guitar is my master.

Quotes by Niccolo Paganini

For my 23rd birthday, I received a nylon string guitar. I told myself that if I could play Eric Clapton's 'Tears In Heaven,' then I could play the guitar. I practised every chance I got, driving my housemates insane, until...

Quotes by Neil Jackson

I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.

Quotes by Neil Diamond

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about the guitar being a foundational instrument?
Yes — one puts it plainly: "The basic idea is always constructed around piano or guitar and a voice, that's what we live and die by, because if you build up from that foundation, it's going to be strong." It treats guitar as a core building block of songwriting. For more on the bigger picture of making music, see Music quotes.
Is there a quote comparing guitar to another instrument?
Yes — one compares it to organ: "To me, guitar cuts through-it carries more than organ." It's a personal preference about which instrument stands out more in a mix.
Is there a quote about self-taught guitar playing?
Yes — one is refreshingly honest: "I've never really been schooled in music theory. I'm a guitar player, and I attack the guitar in a certain way." It celebrates a raw, personal style over formal training. For more on finding your own creative voice, browse Expression quotes.
Is there a quote about writing guitar parts around vocals?
Yes — one explains their process: "It's always a pleasure when you can compose guitar parts from a strong vocal and not just put the melody on top of guitar riffs." It shows a thoughtful approach to arranging music around the voice. For more on the feeling behind musical choices like this, see Emotion quotes.
What's the overall theme tying these guitar quotes together?
They show guitar as both a technical foundation and a deeply personal, expressive instrument — something players build songs around and pour real feeling into. For more on the drive that fuels musicianship, check out Passion quotes.

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