Guitar Quotes

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

“This machine kills fascists.”
― Woody Guthrie

“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

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

“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

“Brian came in heavy at that moment on his guitar, the rapid, high-pitched squeal ranging back and forth as his fingers flew along the frets. As the intro's tempo grew more rapid, Bekka heard Derek's subtle bass line as it worked its way in. After another few seconds Will came in, slow at first, but racing along to match the others' pace. When their combined efforts seemed unable to get any heavier, David jumped into the mix.

As the sound got nice and heavy, Bekka began to rock back-and-forth onstage. In front of her, hundreds of metal-lovers began to jump and gyrate to their music. She matched their movements for a moment, enjoying the connection that was being made, before stepping over to the keyboard that had been set up behind her. Sliding her microphone into an attached cradle, she assumed her position and got ready. Right on cue, all the others stopped playing, throwing the auditorium into an abrupt silence. Before the crowd could react, however, Bekka's fingers began to work the keys, issuing a rhythm that was much softer and slower than what had been built up. The audience's violent thrash-dance calmed at that moment and they began to sway in response.

Bekka smiled to herself.

This is what she lived for.”
― Nathan Squiers, Death Metal

“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

“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

“The strings on a guitar are like fishing lines, and I strum them out at sea. Each string has a distinct sound and flavor, but the most popular with the sharks is Leftover Meatloaf, which sounds like Color Me Badd’s 1991 song “I Wanna Sex You Up.”
― Jarod Kintz, There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't

“The cat hair floated in the air like a sound vibration, and I plucked it like a guitar string. Sometimes I can be so musical I’m like a living love song.”
― Jarod Kintz, 94,000 Wasps in a Trench Coat

“I don't know how to play these guitar
strings
But I know how to play these heart stings,
Play until my fingers bleed
Doctors tell me the incision should only
sting
But even with only a memory
I feel compelled to scream”
― Nuclear Circus, 94,000 Wasps in a Trench Coat

“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

“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

“Jeff Beck was the guitarists guitarist. Class, precision, groove, and technique with an awareness and connection to a song like few have. Jeff Beck arranged and brewed his own combination from the many flavors of the guitar to create a sound and style that was his and his alone.”
― Loren Weisman

“Someday you are the guitarist; someday you are the guitar.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, 10 GOLDEN Steps of Life

“Never give the charge of your life in the hands of others; you’ll get screwed and people would enjoy it. Life is like a guitar. So hold the guitar of your destiny, and play it well. Don’t depend on others. If you believe in something, do it.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, 10 GOLDEN Steps of Life

“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

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

“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