“I wish they’d had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would’ve been straightened out.” – Jimi Hendrix
“After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.” – Frederick Chopin
“You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” – Charlie Parker
“Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.” – Billy F. Gibbons
“The only way you can get good, unless you’re a genius, is to copy. That’s the best thing. Just steal.” – Ritchie Blackmore
“It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.” – Johannes Sebastian Bach
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” – Leopold Stokowski
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” – Ludwig van Beethoven
“Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.” – Oscar Wilde
“Let’s be realistic about this, the guitar can be the most blasphemous device on the face of the earth. That’s why I like it…The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar: now that’s my idea of a good time.” – Frank Zappa
“I just go where the guitar takes me. ” – Angus Young
“When I tried to play something and screwed up, I’d hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it. ” – Dimebag Darrell
“… Lightnin’ Hopkins taught us, “the rubber on a wheel is faster than the rubber on a heel” and Muddy Waters taught us “you don’t have to be the best one; just be a good ‘un” .. that just about says it all, always strive to be a good ‘un…” – Billy F. Gibbons
“I don’t know anything about music, In my line you don’t have to.” - Elvis Presley
“Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It’s not the thing in itself; it’s preparatory to the activity” – Barney Kessel
“Wes Montgomery played impossible things on the guitar because it was never pointed out to him that they were impossible. ” – Ronnie Scott
“Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules get too complex, there’s some sort of musical explosion” – Slash
“…regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going …” – Wes Montgomery
“… I think people overemphasize the importance of gear in their search for tone. Your sound comes from how you pick and dampen the strings, and from your attack as much as anything…” – Eric Johnson
|”… I don’t want you to play me a riff that’s going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play …” – Ozzy Osbourne
“… guitarists shouldn’t get too riled up about all of the great players that were left off of ‘Rolling Stone Magazines’ list of the Greatest Guitar Players of all Time’ … Rolling Stone is published for people who read the magazine because they don’t know what to wear …” – Joe Satriani
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.” – Hunter S. Thompson
“Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin’ it up” – Billy F. Gibbons
“… that’s one of the cool things about going to local bars: seeing what people are doing and jamming with them. I’m a huge advocate of jamming with others; you learn a lot. So I love to go and do that – even if people wipe the stage up with you..” – Slash
“Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it’s cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a rock guitarists time is spent playing rhythm, it’s important to learn to do it well .. learning lead should come after you can play solid backup and have the sound of the chords in your head” – Eddie Van Halen
“The effects of good music are not just because it’s new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“… I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I learned that a lighter-gauge string offers superior playing comfort … try it, you may like it …” – Billy F. Gibbons
“…some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that… ” – Carlos Santana
“If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards.” – Joe Pass
“Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.” - Igor Stravinsky
“An intellectual is someone who can listen to the “William Tell Overture” without thinking of the Lone Ranger.” – John Chesson
“Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.” – Keith Richards
“Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants” – David Lee Roth
“Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.” – Chuck Berry
“You can’t stop rock-n-roll!” – Dee Snider
I thought some of these were quite funny ?
“After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.” – Frederick Chopin
“You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” – Charlie Parker
“Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.” – Billy F. Gibbons
“The only way you can get good, unless you’re a genius, is to copy. That’s the best thing. Just steal.” – Ritchie Blackmore
“It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.” – Johannes Sebastian Bach
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” – Leopold Stokowski
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” – Ludwig van Beethoven
“Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.” – Oscar Wilde
“Let’s be realistic about this, the guitar can be the most blasphemous device on the face of the earth. That’s why I like it…The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar: now that’s my idea of a good time.” – Frank Zappa
“I just go where the guitar takes me. ” – Angus Young
“When I tried to play something and screwed up, I’d hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it. ” – Dimebag Darrell
“… Lightnin’ Hopkins taught us, “the rubber on a wheel is faster than the rubber on a heel” and Muddy Waters taught us “you don’t have to be the best one; just be a good ‘un” .. that just about says it all, always strive to be a good ‘un…” – Billy F. Gibbons
“I don’t know anything about music, In my line you don’t have to.” - Elvis Presley
“Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It’s not the thing in itself; it’s preparatory to the activity” – Barney Kessel
“Wes Montgomery played impossible things on the guitar because it was never pointed out to him that they were impossible. ” – Ronnie Scott
“Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules get too complex, there’s some sort of musical explosion” – Slash
“…regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going …” – Wes Montgomery
“… I think people overemphasize the importance of gear in their search for tone. Your sound comes from how you pick and dampen the strings, and from your attack as much as anything…” – Eric Johnson
|”… I don’t want you to play me a riff that’s going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play …” – Ozzy Osbourne
“… guitarists shouldn’t get too riled up about all of the great players that were left off of ‘Rolling Stone Magazines’ list of the Greatest Guitar Players of all Time’ … Rolling Stone is published for people who read the magazine because they don’t know what to wear …” – Joe Satriani
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.” – Hunter S. Thompson
“Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin’ it up” – Billy F. Gibbons
“… that’s one of the cool things about going to local bars: seeing what people are doing and jamming with them. I’m a huge advocate of jamming with others; you learn a lot. So I love to go and do that – even if people wipe the stage up with you..” – Slash
“Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it’s cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a rock guitarists time is spent playing rhythm, it’s important to learn to do it well .. learning lead should come after you can play solid backup and have the sound of the chords in your head” – Eddie Van Halen
“The effects of good music are not just because it’s new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“… I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I learned that a lighter-gauge string offers superior playing comfort … try it, you may like it …” – Billy F. Gibbons
“…some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that… ” – Carlos Santana
“If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards.” – Joe Pass
“Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.” - Igor Stravinsky
“An intellectual is someone who can listen to the “William Tell Overture” without thinking of the Lone Ranger.” – John Chesson
“Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.” – Keith Richards
“Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants” – David Lee Roth
“Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.” – Chuck Berry
“You can’t stop rock-n-roll!” – Dee Snider
I thought some of these were quite funny ?
