Dan Auerbach Quotes

It took me a long time to accept the idea that the guitar can take the place of a singer.

I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down and play this and get the song over, I don't take it to the band, because most any good song, you can sit down and deliver it with a piano or a guitar.

I do play the guitar, and I can sing, but just enough to carry a tune.

What resonates with me now is the acoustic guitar and piano.

The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.

Mostly, I'm much more of a guitar player than I am a singer.

A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.

But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good.

You know when a song has a melody or some kind of element that affects you, and that is what I am trying to go for.

I did play every little note on the guitar on that record.

I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I'm working the music.

A great song is a great song.

I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.

I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.

I like songs that have lots of different parts in them, an intro, an outro and a bridge.

I'm most comfortable when you just give me a guitar and I just sing.

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 enjoy the process of composing music. The first time I hear a song, it has to bring a smile to my lips. You have to tap your feet and be able to sing the song.

I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.

The guitar chose me.