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Except for a few guitar chords, everything I've learned in my life that is of any value I've learned from women. -- Glenn Frey
Over the years, I've had to learn to play. For example, when 'Lennon' was on Broadway, I learned my way around the guitar chords because originally we were all going to play the instruments without a band. -- Will Chase
I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it. -- Bradford Cox
Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated. -- Ritchie Blackmore
I've played the guitar since I was 12, and just taught myself songs chord by chord. -- Jamie Blackley
It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar. -- John Scofield
I use a lot more chords than most organists and I'm careful to phrase them with the guitar. -- Alan Price
I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar. -- Patti Smith
I was 16 when I started playing. I borrowed a friend's acoustic guitar, and I had a Beatles chord book. I just taught myself that way. -- Britt Daniel
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
I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's just the way I like it. -- Jeremy Spencer
I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar. -- Gary Burton
My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there. -- Brian Eno
I'm basically a keyboard player, so if it's got a keyboard on it, I'll give it a shot. I played a lot of organ in the early days. I can make a few chords on guitar, but that's about it. -- Ray Stevens
My stepfather met my mother when I was seven years old, and he was a guitar player. So he caught me messing with his guitar, his electric guitar, and he tried to show me some chords, but my hands were too small. -- George Benson
In high school, I decided I wanted to learn guitar, so I picked it up and starting teaching myself some basic chords and started playing with friends. Guitar inherently lends itself to be guitar music, especially when you're not good at guitar. -- Autre Ne Veut
Neil Young does throw in a major seven chord here and there, so if you're a new guitar player learning Neil Young songs, you'll learn some seven chords, and some different positions. Nothing too complicated, just enough to kind of open up your knowledge a little bit. -- Jesse Harris
Actually, because I'm so small, when I strike an open A chord I get physically thrown to the left, and when I play an open G chord I go right. That's how hard I play, and that's how a lot of my stage act has come about. I just go where the guitar takes me. -- Angus Young
I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It was the only instrument that fit me because I was so small. I went straight from that into drums when I was six and then started playing guitar when I was seven or eight. -- Chord Overstreet
I started playing guitar back in '56. I was a teenager, and guitars had just come in, and I had a thing for it and got one. Started learning lead breaks from songs, because that was the easiest thing to do at the time. I had the guitar for two years before I learned any chords. Really. -- Roger McGuinn
I got my first instrument for Christmas when I was three or four years old. My parents got me a mandolin because it was the only instrument that would fit me because I was so small. I went straight from that into the drums when I was six, and then I started playing guitar when I was seven or eight. -- Chord Overstreet
All I have is this guitar, these chords and the truth. -- Jon Bon Jovi
All I've got is a red guitar, three chords and the truth. -- Bob Dylan
About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar. -- Freddie Mercury
New year is a day, to tune the rhythm called SOUL, with best chords called EXPERIENCES and play the guitar called LIFE. -- Vikrmn
I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a basic 12-bar blues song was very important. -- Mark Knopfler
I can plunk out enough chords to write a song, but I'm completely afraid to play guitar in front of other people. It's a fear of failure, I guess. -- Mandy Moore

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