Tom Verlaine Quotes

Still others want a traditional guitar sound if they call you for guitar.

Rock guitar is one of my favourite sounds.

I like the sound of a Silvertone amp for myself. It's kind of cleaner guitar sounds when necessary, maybe a little less metal-sounding. But it really doesn't matter what amp I play through; it's really the way I voice chords and play guitar, how I strike the strings.

I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

I'm not a country picker, really - I like a nice, beefy, raunchy sort of sound.

I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks.

Really young kids are into guitars.

I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.

I've always liked the electric guitar better. Even though the acoustic can be a very sexy and mysterious instrument, I can go to way more places with an electric.

I wasn't into jazz so much - I preferred things raw.

I really don't listen to Led Zeppelin that much.

I've always loved big riffs and chunky guitars.

I like music more balanced between the voice and the guitar and the percussion. I don't like heavy metal.

I've always appreciated more guitar-driven and, in general, just rock music; that's what I listen to. I don't really listen to electronic music.

It is the universe where all rock players live- we all use distortion, overdrive, gain and saturation. I call it 'fuzz.'

I love blues, mellow rock 'n' roll.

When it came to rock, I was always drawn to guitars.

I have always felt I was more accurately a Hard Rock musician.

I was always just kind of obsessed with guitar, even before I started playing.

I'm done with industrial. Seriously, my iPod collection at home has no industrial music on it; it's strictly jazz, blues and country.

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

I'm not really into rap.

I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway.

You'd always see a lady or a little girl sitting at a piano. I decided I wanted to play something more unexpected, so that's when I got interested in learning to play the guitar.