Guitar Quotes — Page 27

GE

Singer-Songwriter

“When I'm playing guitar, I just try and put those words into lyrics and just try a few things. It's all over the place.”

Trying Guitar Playing Guitar

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George Harrison

Musician, Singer-songwriter

“Although I have guitars all around and I pick themm up occasionally and write a tune and make a record, I don't really see myself as a musician. It may seem a funny thing to say. It's just like, I write lyrics amd I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together - that makes me.”

Writing Song Guitar

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Nina Simone

Singer, Songwriter, Pianist

“I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.”

Guitar Loud

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James Young

Artist, Musician

“I'm into playing guitars, not into figuring out what else goes on with them.”

Guitar Goes On

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GB

Greg Brown

Musician

“If the wind and rain could play guitar, they would sound a lot like Doc Watson”

Wind Rain Guitar

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NR

Nikki Reed

Actress

“Jackson plays a broken guitar because he’s in love with it, and doesn’t want to fix it, I think. It’s so broken.”

Thinking Play Guitar

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Graham Parker

Musician

“In the early days, I had very little idea about arrangements, and I wrote songs a little flat, as it were, just on an acoustic guitar. They didn't really have quite enough nuance.”

Ideas Song Guitar

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JT

James Taylor

Singer-Songwriter

“I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come.”

Song Music Guitar

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Henry Rollins

Musician, Writer, Actor

“Black Sabbath - one of the world's universal language of music. I felt proud, for three or four minutes of my life combining my voice with Tony Iommi's guitar sound.”

Voice Black Guitar

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Mark Stevenson

Author, Speaker

“Keith Richards ... was once asked how he came up with all those amazing guitar riffs. His answer? He just starts playing until he makes the right mistake. In other words he's optimistic he will create something good by virtue of getting something "wrong."”

Mistake Guitar Optimistic

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Jason Reeves

Songwriter

“I started writing when I was 17. I got an acoustic guitar for my birthday after I discovered Bob Dylan and James Taylor.”

Writing Guitar My Birthday

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Jason Reeves

Songwriter

“There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful.”

Play Guitar Periods

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