#guitar

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up. ↗

— Alvin Lee

#began #big #big band #charlie #christian

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school. ↗

— Alvin Lee

#chord #desk #did #four #frets

I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#between #forth #get #guitar #help

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#guitar #i #living #make #never

I learned to play guitar at a young age and converted poems and stuff that I had written to songs. ↗

— Gregory Harrison

#converted #guitar #had #i #learned

In certain ways I still feel like I'm finding my way. I feel pretty comfortable playing acoustic guitar and singing, but then I feel pretty good sitting on a reggae groove as well. ↗

— Colin Hay

#acoustic guitar #certain #certain ways #comfortable #feel

Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage. ↗

— Kristin Hersh

#break #constructs #coverage #distorted #extensive

Look, as long as we can make records and sell enough so we can do some shows, that's all I want. You know what? I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did. ↗

— Chrissie Hynde

#band #did #enough #guitar #i

I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who don't rate Joni Mitchell up there with the best of them. ↗

— Chrissie Hynde

#best #greats #guitar #guitar player #i

At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away. ↗

— Janis Ian

#away #contract #day #end #end of the day