Eugene Chadbourne Quotes

I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs... I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every string is doing; the vibrations haven't been combined in a collision of distortion or effects yet.

I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.

Music and guitar are my favorite things, so it's fun to get together with other people who share the passion and talk about the details.

I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer.

The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became important to me, and I started messing around with classical guitar and took classical lessons.

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

With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.

My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.

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.

Every song I write, including 'Too Close,' always starts on the guitar.

What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately.

Really young kids are into guitars.

I just play the guitar and write songs.

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.

When you break out the acoustic guitar, the words are the focal point unless you're the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar. So the words have to have meaning.

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

I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar.

As a kid, I loved any guitarists, whether it was Elvis Presley, Lonnie Donegan, Chuck Berry or even the cowboy guitarists like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. The image of the guitar appealed to me.

I play the guitar.

I play the guitar every day.

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

I live, breathe, and sleep guitars.

In high school, I got into folk music, and I taught myself guitar. And when The Beatles came out, I got an electric guitar.

I know how to play the acoustic guitar, but I'm learning to play the electric guitar now. I'm sure it will be a wonderful experience.