Guitar Quotes

“You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.”
― Stephen King, The Stand

“This machine kills fascists.”
― Woody Guthrie

“The history of music is mortal, but the idiocy of the guitar is eternal.”
― Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

“Reese sucked in a breath and played faster, hurling the anger through his fingers until it spun all his
fear, all his rage, into the gentle voice of music.”
― Willowy Whisper, This Hostile Land

“That's the beautiful thing about innocence; even monsters have a pocketful of childhood memories with which to seek comfort with.”
― Dave Matthes, Sleepeth Not, the Bastard

“The guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven

“The string slices into the skin of his fingers and no matter how tough the calluses, it tears.

But this beat is fast and even though his joints are aching, his arm's out of control like it has a mind of its own and the sweat tat drenches his hair and face seems to smother him, but nothing's going to stop Tom. He;s aiming for oblivion.”
― Melina Marchetta, The Piper's Son

“Fame is not so impossible for people with charisma, passion and talent. Being famous just means you have fans, and even one or two is enough to make you someone special. Ask a music fan who the best guitarist of all time is, and while one group insists that it was Jimmi Hendrix, another group swears that it was Eddie Van Halen instead. There will never be a time when everyone on this planet agrees on something like that, but luckily that's not important. All that matters is that both sides remain loyal, which they will assuming you continue to be who you are and do your thing. This is all that you need to be immortalized.”
― Ashly Lorenzana

“Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Things began to go wrong when I was seventeen. My band’s twenty-year-old lead guitarist earned seven years in jail for a drug-fuelled spree of violence. The other band members were quick to let go of their musical dreams, but I never did. They did the ‘mature’ thing: after writing off the band as a teenage fantasy, they got real jobs and made some money. They called it growing up. I called it giving up.”
― Mark Rice, Metallic Dreams

“My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune.”
― Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

“What's the difference between a classical guitar and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.”
― Faye Kellerman, Hangman

“C10 (or the king's carolers – from student times)

on the side stairway, we gather in the evening, many
the cold cement steps welcome us
as if we were the king's carolers
we have mulled wine and dry snacks
the orange guitar stretches and warps in the candlelight
we take another drag from the cigarette, nibble on sticks and salty biscuits
happiness pricks our veins with Burmese nails

One floor below, behind the door 'Mr. Blues - Don't Disturb'
the tasty rot of jazz caresses our toes
We sin in thought, our minds dangling from the railing

later, the Serbs come to sing with us
Golden-haired like gods from a bombed country
we scratch the wall with our nails, don’t know what to say
they bring us wafers with fruits and chocolate
wrapped in green foil

the second evening we gather again on the side stairway
with the same mulled wine and dry snacks
and the same us

the old rockers hanging heavy on the guitar’s body
at the midnight office.”
― Monica Laura Rapeanu, Orbul de la Cină

“Billy Rankin is a true Glasgow rock legend. He has everything going for him: he's a brilliant guitarist, he writes killer songs, he's worked with the best, toured the world and he is one handsome-looking chap. I know all of this because Billy told me.”
― Robert Fields, Minstrels, Poets and Vagabonds: A History of Rock Music in Glasgow

“None of it mattered, because there was music.”
― Erin Entrada Kelly, Blackbird Fly

“I thought people loved it when I played my guitar. Last time I performed Toby Keith, and everyone at the party started engaging in gay butt sex.”
― Jarod Kintz, Powdered Saxophone Music

“Play your saxophone like a quacking duck. An electric guitar full of lightning doesn't even have that energy.”
― Jarod Kintz, The Lewis and Clark of The Ozarks

“BILLY: I finally tapped Eddie on the shoulder, right before the finale, I said, 'Thanks, man. I just wanted to really give ’em a good show since Rolling Stone is out there.'
"EDDIE: He said he’d normally let me play but since it was Rolling Stone, he wanted to really do it right.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“The important thing to remember is that a guitar makes the sound, but you make the music.”
― Mark Phillips, Guitar For Dummies

“I really like playing my guitars. Y’know, they don’t call it working my guitars, right?”
― Mark Shaiken, Automatic Stay a 3J mystery

“Yes, we three were so happy, my wife, my guitar and me!”
― Big Bill Broonzy

“Prometheus, you’ll remember, stole fire from the gods and gave it to the rest of us. That’s what I want to do with guitar instruction and music theory. I want to steal it from the fog of ancient rubrics and the rarified prison of control represented by the academy. I want it liberated from the pulpit and the throne, the pit and the stick . . .”
― Asher Black, The Guitar Decoder Ring: Featuring SIGIL - the New Language of Guitar

“A person doesn't become an accomplished musician by watching other people play. He becomes successful by himself, playing and practicing... daily... every day... for hours on end. Calloused fingers and cramping hands are just some of the inherent costs of becoming a guitar player. He spends the majority of his time tucked away in a back room mastering his craft.... Most great musicians are often born from a lifetime of daily grueling practice, behind the scenes and in relative obscurity. Most of what the public sees of these people is merely the finished product of years of work. The best ones make it look easy, almost effortless.”
― Jeff Kinley

“Through every chord and melody, weaving his passion into the fabric of his music, may his journey inspire others to dance to the rhythm of their dreams.”
― levi paul taylor

“I love playing the guitar. To me playing the guitar feels like something is
touching my soul.”
― André van Eck, From Beginner to Excelling at Guitar & Bass

“Your first goal should be to become a better guitar player than the
average player.”
― André van Eck, From Beginner to Excelling at Guitar & Bass

“Let your guitar become your companion and it will give you many hours of enjoyment.”
― André van Eck

“Always remember a good guitarist should be able to make any guitar sound good.”
― André van Eck, From Beginner to Excelling at Guitar & Bass

“A good guitarist will always try to get the best out of the instrument that they are holding in their hands. The same goes for bass guitar players.”
― André van Eck, From Beginner to Excelling at Guitar & Bass

“Developing a large vocabulary of chords and scales will make your playing more sophisticated, but do remember - you cannot memorize a dictionary and then become a poet. To make real, red blooded music, you must develop personality and taste too.”
― Shikhar Gupta, Guitar Chords, Scales & Arpeggios: The Complete Visual Guide for Modern Players