James Young Quotes

There's so much that can be done on the guitar. And that's what is so good about the guitar - everyone can really enjoy themselves on it and have a good time, which is what it's all about.

My chosen instrument is guitar and, fortunately, I'm able to muddle through that. I can play guitar to the point where I can express myself artistically.

Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, 'Why? Mine works, doesn't it? It's a piece of wood and six strings, and it works.'

I've never been a great lead guitar player.

Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk.

I assume most guitar players are like me. They're playing, having fun; then they get a magazine in the mail that says "Shred Is Dead" and they say, "What the Hell?" They throw it away and keep on playing.

The guitar is the easiest instrument to play and the hardest to play well.

Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't you want to play guitar?

I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.

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

I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one at my friend's house; when I say played it, I just played around with it at my friend's house. It just struck me as something I really wanted.

I have no guitar technique.

I love playing the guitar.

As for the first guitar I actually bought, I believe it was a Cherry Red Kramer! I think I bought it because Eddie Van Halen played Kramer, and I remember it had a Rockinger tremolo on it.

For one reason or another, a lot of guys wind up with a guitar that isn't really right for them.

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.

With slide guitar, you're just hanging this piece of glass on your hand. It's a really beautiful instrument in that it's so responsive, you're just slipping your hand back and forth.

I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime, played it 'til my fingers bled.

Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it’s more difficult.

No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.

I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for it and I'm learning more and more everyday.

God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo.

I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at.

I started getting interested in the notes that I could hear being generated when I hammered on while playing a classical guitar.

I don't read music; I taught myself guitar.