Not one or two people have found inspiration, joy, solace, and a lifelong companion in the guitar. In these 10 quotes, you will discover the feelings of some great musicians towards their guitars, and maybe a muse to start your own musical adventure with a guitar in hand. Among the quotes, you will also see part of Neli Music’s guitar collection (and one ukulele)!
“I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven’t put it down since.”
Slash from Guns and Roses
“I always remember my old man saying to me, ‘If you have a guitar you’ll never be alone’ and I thought that was a very dramatic thing to say, but now that I’m 43 I’d be fucked without that thing. It’s the one thing you can rely on every day. No matter what’s going on, you pick that up and all of a sudden everything feels all right.”
Kelly Jones from the Stereophonics
“A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.”
B. B. King
“This guitar is such a pal. It’s a psychiatrist. It’s a doggone bartender. It’s a housewife. This guy is everything. Whenever I find that I’ve got a problem, I’ll go pick my guitar up and play. It’s the greatest pal in the whole world.”
Les Paul
“You couldn’t not like someone who liked the guitar.”
Stephen King
“I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you’re thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.”
Mark Knopfler
“A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument.”
Eddie Van Halen
“Playing guitar is like telling the truth.”
B. B. King
“Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two.”
Fredric Chopin
“Someone told me the smile on my face gets bigger when I play the guitar.”
Niall Horan from One Direction
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