Quotable quotes from guitarists & other musicians

[Dante]

"...regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going ..." - Wes Montgomery

"a good player can make any guitar sound good" - Michael Bloomfield - guitar Paul Butterfield Blues Band / Electric Flag

"you can't really dust for vomit" - Nigel Tufnel - Spinal Tap

[HarleyHexxe]

ok....here's my contribution:

       "...A piece of mind, is a quiet piece of behind....is that your's I'm scratchin' ? It sure ain't a piece of mine." - Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

            Harley

[Chucky]

"Nobody can tell you that their noise is better than yours..."  -Steve Vai.

[SamuraiPanda]

Chucky and I must be sharing a brain tonight..... Compliments of Mr. Steve Vai.....

The top 5 reasons to NOT practice:
1. There
2. Are
3. No
4. Good
5. Reasons

[Peter H. Boer]

"Less is more, but more is more fun" Neil Peart 

[Chucky]

"When I don't play, I practice!"  -Me.     

[bsp01]

I've always liked the EVH quote of "if it sounds good, it is good." Kind of fits with the Vai one about noise.

[one4rich]

I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke. -Ace Frehley

I went to my friend's house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tiny little amp. I turned the volume up to 10 and I hit one chord, and I said, I'm in love. -Ace Frehley

As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking. -Ace Frehley

Finding a good band is like finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one. -Ace Frehley

[one4rich]

In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe. -Tori Amos

I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50 years to make sounds that no one has heard before is truly what gets me off. -Jeff Beck

There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it. -Nuno Bettencourt

When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible. -Ritchie Blackmore

Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I've ever met. Son of Sam is a close second. -Geezer Butler

[one4rich]

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up. -Don Henley

I'd like to have a beer-holder on my guitar like they have on boats. -James Hetfield

It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see. -James Hetfield

I'm Rick James, bitch! -Rick James

[HarleyHexxe]

      I never practice....I always play. Practice sounds too much like work, but playing is always fun.  - You figure it out 

[Kim]

"Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year.  It's just not really widely reported." - David St. Hubbins

[one4rich]

There's a very fine line between stupid and clever.

[Dante]

Okay, time for the all Spinal Tap quote reply

Nigel Tufnel: It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.

David St. Hubbins: He died in a bizarre gardening accident...
Nigel Tufnel: Authorities said... best leave it... unsolved.

Derek Smalls: Can I raise a practical question at this point? Are we gonna do "Stonehenge" tomorrow?
David St. Hubbins: *NO*, we're not gonna fu¢king do "Stonehenge"!

[HarleyHexxe]

" I like surgery" - Nigel Tufnel - Spinal Tap