Adrian Belew Quotes

I've written my own music, and I play guitar.

When I picked up the guitar for the first time, it opened up a whole new world for me. I became obsessed with writing and playing.

I kinda taught myself how to play guitar, and I still play to this day. It's become a pretty big part of my life.

I got my first guitar at age of 7 and never laid it down. Momma taught me G, C, and D. I was off to the races son!

The first time I learned how to play, my guitar was out of tune. I didn't know it; I just started writing songs.

The guitar is the ultimate vehicle for expression and composition for me. It's a part of my DNA!

Something people might not know about me is, I like playing the guitar.

Picking up a guitar - I couldn't imagine doing anything else.

All I do is sit at home and play guitar. That's seriously what I do.

Music is such a big part of my life.

Music was something I found on my own. I got my first guitar when I was around 10, and it just all developed over time.

I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

In high school, I decided I wanted to learn guitar, so I picked it up and starting teaching myself some basic chords and started playing with friends. Guitar inherently lends itself to be guitar music, especially when you're not good at guitar.

I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.

I just play the guitar and write songs.

I pestered the hell out of everybody I ran into until I could play the guitar well enough to write and sing with it.

I do play the guitar, but I do it for fun. And I am terrible at writing music as well. I have tried and failed, horribly.

I started playing guitar when I was 14 and eventually gained the confidence to start singing a little bit.

Eventually, my dad bought me a guitar for Christmas, and then I just went from there, man. I bought a drum kit a few years later and bought a bass, started producing, started singing.

I would never say I 'play' guitar. But yeah, I play to write. Same with piano.

I realized that music was the only thing I really thought about - music and writing.

You go with what you 'get,' and I get playing the guitar. It's a challenge because it's not an easy instrument to play. There are so many interesting sounds you can make out of it and so many different elements. I dig it.

I got this cheap guitar, and then I fell in love with it and basically put down the keyboard.