Jose Gonzalez Quotes

There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to the acoustic.

The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics.

Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.

I'm not a guitar collector. I own some guitars because I play.

I have one custom guitar which I play almost exclusively. I have others - sometimes you want a little texture, kind of a different sound or something.

One thing I really hate about people who play both acoustic and electric is if they try to play electric style on an acoustic guitar. You must develop it as a totally different thing.

To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.

You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's your sound. I also play a Black Beauty. It sounds amazing.

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.

You can batter your guitar, and it won't distort too much, which is important for me because I play with my hands a lot - I don't really play with picks.

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.

I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.

The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957.

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

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

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

I did buy an electric guitar while shooting 'Split.'

The first guitar I ever picked up was an acoustic black Fender, so it makes perfect sense that Elias plays Fender guitars. As far as details, it's simple; Elias and Fender have a great relationship.

My first real real guitar I had was a Charvel, model 1 and that was when I was 15, I think, I got that.

And I only really like to play the acoustic guitar.

I play a little but also like to keep the guitars around for when friends come over.

My father had a friend who actually had a hollow-body bass guitar and didn't work through an amp, but because it was hollow body, I could play it. So I kind of played on that for about a year, learning scales and all that. And here I am.

I have been using small teardrop jazz picks since I was, like, 14.

I play acoustic when I need to play acoustic, and I say I'm probably a better acoustic player than I am electric.