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Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right. -- Slash
Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones. -- Andrew Bird
Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't *you* want to play guitar? -- Joe Satriani
Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and Ive been a guitar junkie ever since. -- Johnny Marr
Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and I've been a guitar junkie ever since. -- Johnny Marr
It's cool to play the guitar, but to me it's even cooler to scratch a guitar backward and forward, to manipulate it with a turntable. Guitars can't do that themselves. -- Diplo
This isn't a mass-produced...instrument. Mike Lull Custom Guitars makes each bass right here in the NW. Over 20 years of collaborating, designing, and building basses has gone into my model. -- Jeff Ament
In New York, I'm around a lot of the reasons I started playing music in the first place. I live right behind Matt Umanov Guitars. I live on the street that Suze Rotolo and Bob Dylan were walking down on the album cover. I recognize the history. -- Steve Earle
I'm full of dust and guitars. -- Syd Barrett
You can't beat 2 guitars, bass, and drums. -- Lou Reed
I like guitars in the Fender style because they have skinny necks. -- Kurt Cobain
My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head. -- Kirk Hammett
Without question Gibson guitars are the finest, most revered guitars on the planet. -- Ted Nugent
I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. -- Theodore Bikel
I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier. -- James Hetfield
Rock stars should be able to tune their own guitars, apply their own eyeliner, and pick out their own leather pants. -- Shawn Amos
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
I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans. -- Beyonce Knowles
Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll. -- Ted Nugent
Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small. -- Kurt Cobain
The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months. -- Eddie Van Halen
You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's your sound. I also play a Black Beauty. It sounds amazing. -- Dan Hawkins
My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself. -- Josh Hartnett
I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I've only owned two of them. -- Kurt Cobain
We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it. -- Gary Allan
I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun to listen to but on the other hand, musically you can do a lot more without it. -- Kip Winger
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it. -- Tracy Chapman
I worship pianos like they are prize diamonds, and I never willfully do damage to them. But I grew up playing guitars, and you treat a guitar like a best friend or a little brother or a lover you have a tempestuous relationship with. -- Jamie Cullum
I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I want to work and battle it and conquer it and make it express whatever attitude I have at that moment. I want it to be a struggle. -- Jack White
I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for it, and I'm learning more and more every day. For me, the classic band setup - guitars, drums, bass - will stay fresh forever. I don't know. I'm still into it. -- Mac DeMarco
Right now my mind is on the people who stole our instruments, and, specifically, the person with my guitar, which will no doubt end its days having Green Day songs worked out on it. A better fate was deserved - and while the reverence given to guitars annoys me, I shall miss it. -- Jonny Greenwood
I don't collect the way other people do. Some people collect rare guitars, like, 'I have a '54 Strat worth $50,000.' And I don't collect the way Nash does. Nash has Duane Allman's guitar and Johnny Cash's guitar. I bought guitars because they sounded good. I played them, they sounded unbelievably good, and I couldn't resist. -- David Crosby
I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent in any instrument, but we always had guitars around. My dad taught me to play drums for 'Love Actually,' and I still play drums now. But I'm not a 'drummer.' I'm not a 'guitarist.' I'm trying to be a bassist. -- Thomas Sangster
I don't really collect guitars. -- Roger McGuinn
I want a thousand guitars . . . -- Bruce Springsteen
Really young kids are into guitars. -- Charlie Simpson
Nothing beats 2 guitars, drum and bass. -- Lou Reed
I'm full of dust and guitars... -- Syd Barrett
I smash guitars because I like them. -- Pete Townshend
You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums. -- Lou Reed
The angels had guitars before they had wings. -- Meat Loaf
My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass. -- Eddie Van Halen
There's just no stopping those girls with guitars. -- Wynonna Judd
I've always loved Ibanez guitars, and in particular 7 strings. -- Paul Wardingham
Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue. -- Mark White
I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf. -- Nina Simone
I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom. -- Adam Jones
Speaking in a common tongue, speaking through guitars and drums. -- Lou Reed
Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls -- Bob Weir
Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls. -- Bob Weir
I'm a strong advocate for music. I think guitars are wonderful. -- Mike Huckabee
The more guitars we have onstage the better, as I'm concerned. -- Bruce Dickinson
A man can't have too many guitars or too many shotguns. -- Robert Earl Keen
I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars. -- Tori Amos
I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars. -- Andres Segovia
I can't take any more white boys noodling around on their guitars. -- Gene Ween
I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting. -- Scott Putesky
You've no right to walk into people's castles and take their guitars. -- Diana Wynne Jones
Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection. -- Dan Fogelberg
A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us. -- Johnny Ramone
I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway. -- Yngwie Malmsteen
First guitars tend to be like first loves: ill-chosen, unsuitable, short-lived and unforgettable. -- Tim Brookes
I still believe in the need for guitars and drums and desperate poetry. -- Frank Turner
If we replaced guns with guitars, then the world would be a concert -- Thomas Ian Nicholas
And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff. -- Willie Nelson
A man can never have too many pairs of sunglasses or too many guitars. -- Richie Sambora
I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars. -- Mark Knopfler
Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier. -- Daisy Berkowitz
I'm into playing guitars, not into figuring out what else goes on with them. -- James Young
My guitars, Cadillacs, and hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on. -- Dwight Yoakam
I have somewhat [Taylor's or Gallagher's guitars], but I like the power of the Martins. -- Steve Young
I leave scientists mentally scarred, Triple Extra Large, Wild like rock stars who smash guitars... -- Inspectah Deck
I was too broke to buy a guitar so I more borrowed guitars from friends. -- Ronnie Montrose
I'm a real sucker for guitars. I've had a crush on many, many a guitarist. -- J. K. Rowling
Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants. -- David Lee Roth
If I were to have my own brand of guitars, they would have to be industructable. -- Pete Townshend
I've had only three wives and three guitars in my life, though I've flirted with others. -- Andres Segovia
I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff. -- Ewan McGregor
I've always written everything as two guitars and I never thought I'd find that right person. -- Erik Rutan
I like my guitars to be kinda worn. I don't like it when they're all shiny. -- Vivian Campbell
Young people are still experiencing the thrill of three chords and over-amplified guitars. They always will. -- Horace Panter
I don't touch electric guitars. It's just not my thing - I stick with acoustic guitars only. -- Dave Matthews
I like loud snare, and I like really treble-y guitars, and that's just never going to change. -- Kathleen Hanna
I've always considered myself a folk singer, even though we strapped on Rickenbacker guitars and played pretty loud. -- Roger McGuinn
He was like a real dad, you know. We used to sit down with guitars and mess around. -- Julian Lennon
As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars. -- Donald Fagen
I don't really care what music's made on - I love guitars, but I'm fine with great electronic music. -- Johnny Marr
The heavy guitars are the ones that sound good. They are not that comfortable, but they do sound great. -- Neal Schon
It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge. -- Pete Waterman
I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound. -- Michael Gira
Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic. -- Beck
The only two things in life that make it worth livin' / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women -- Waylon Jennings
I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine. -- Malcolm-Jamal Warner
...I use Dr.Ducks Ax Wax on my entire collection of vintage guitars ... it's the best polish I've ever used... -- Bob Daisley
You can never have enough guitars. It's like women and shoes... it's nice to have different paints on your palette. -- Dave Genn
So many bands are like, 'I'm real because I'm dirty.' If you have money for guitars, you can afford soap. -- Pelle Almqvist
There is something about guitars"?maybe something magical"?when played right, which evokes past, mysterious, barely-conscious sentiments, both individual and universal. -- John Fahey
I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer. -- Kiefer Sutherland
I have about 50 guitars around the house. I can't take more than a few steps without finding one to pick up. -- Bill Mumy
Electric guitars are an abomination, whoever heard of an electric violin? An electric cello? Or for that matter an electric singer? -- Andres Segovia
51 Martin [guitar] sounded pretty good as new guitar. Martin has several levels of guitars now, and this one is pretty good. -- Steve Young
My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way -- Dan Fogelberg
I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar. -- Paul McCartney
My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way. -- Dan Fogelberg
I often think about my Music Man guitars being 100 million percent tailored to my needs as a player and how lucky I am. -- John Petrucci
I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking. -- Janis Ian
We're just musically and rhythmically retarded. We play so hard that we can't tune our guitars fast enough. People can relate to that. -- Kurt Cobain
The future of punk rock has nothing to do with guitars. Everything interesting that I've heard in years has been nearly all electronic. -- Geoff Rickly
I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway. -- Ritchie Blackmore
I have an electric Fender and a Telecaster. I have a Taylor and a Martin. I want to get more guitars for more sounds. -- Ross Lynch
I was down with Lucinda Williams and Mary Chapin-Carpenter. We did an acoustic tour, just the three of us, three chicks and three guitars -- Rosanne Cash
I don't leave my room, and all I am surrounded by are guitars and equipment, y'know? It's not always the best place to be. -- Bradford Cox
I always lived with guitarists. When they would leave, I would just pick up their acoustic guitars and start doing finger picking and write. -- Lou Doillon
Things like guitars and ukuleles, you should never part with it, because there will probably be good, healthy times spent, just playing and writing. -- Eddie Vedder
My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like Jack Hirschman. -- Amber Tamblyn
Somebody's going to wake up and their job in life is going to be to make guitars. There are a lot of good, talented people. -- Paul Reed Smith
'Each man kills the things he loves'. I recognise that in myself, in relationships, even with guitars, beautiful things that I've had and wilfully destroyed. -- Pete Doherty
Mogami cable is durable and flexible enough to practically build a suspension bridge with but I'll settle for using it for my guitars and amps! -- Dave Mustaine
Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself. -- Beck
Almost 15 with music, we have so many guitars that we developed over the years. The latest one is 'The Majesty' guitar, which I'm really proud of. -- John Petrucci

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