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Most Famous Guitar Quotes of All Time!

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I most enjoy sitting down with the acoustic guitar and just fiddling around and trying to come up with something like a hook or some sort of melodic line. That's something that I do habitually.

Quotes by James Mercer

I was a singing guitar player as a kid, and I found it really embarrassing, so I stopped singing and became a drummer.

Quotes by James Murphy

I love the language of, you know, the old black country man with a blues guitar and... boots and the quick banter.

Quotes by James McBride

Picking up a guitar - I couldn't imagine doing anything else.

Quotes by James McCartney

And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight that I wasn't able to play on the record. It's flattering just to play with...

Quotes by James Iha

It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.

Quotes by James Iha

At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found...

Quotes by James Iha

I was always good at video games like 'Guitar Hero,' which require the player to press buttons at precise times.

Quotes by James Holzhauer

I'd like to have a beer-holder on my guitar like they have on boats.

Quotes by James Hetfield

I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling them to just go and read them.

Quotes by James Hetfield

I'm on this eternal quest to get the best guitar sound in the world, but my vision of what is 'the best' changes every time I go into the studio. Sometimes my goal is to make my guitar jump out,...

Quotes by James Hetfield

I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of doing it.

Quotes by James Blunt

There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a...

Quotes by James Bay

I bought a guitar CD-ROM because we had a new computer, but I had no attention span for that. I spent about three hours on it desperate to be brilliant. Eventually, I got some proper lessons.

Quotes by James Bay

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.

Quotes by James Bay

I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.

Quotes by James Bay

I'm still like an excited kid playing guitar in front of the bedroom mirror.

Quotes by James Bay

You couldn't really like a bad guitar in 1960 'cause everybody was pretty good.

Quotes by Jakob Dylan

I was a drummer and I played the guitar.

Quotes by Jam Master Jay

I remember when I was coming up, the music stores where you could get guitar strings was where I got my records from. Now the place where you get your records from is where you can get your DJ mats...

Quotes by Jam Master Jay

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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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