Jeff Beck Quotes

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.

I don't play anything but the blues, but now I could never make no money on nothin' but the blues. That's why I wasn't interested in nothin' else.

Everything I did is because I wanted to do it. If I weren't playing this arena, if I were playing a club, I'd still be doing it because that's what I want to do. I love playing the guitar.

I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.

I was always a closet blues player.

I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.

I've seen some female players, and they get up there and play an A chord and leave... and it's not a good representation. You can take it seriously and love it as much as a guy loves it, not just to get up there and pose.

I was really into metal when I was growing up. It was just something I thought I could do and wanted to try.

I always put my best into our live performances and most of all it is always important for us to keep true to what we do as BABYMETAL.

I never thought I was playing black music. I was just playing music, the stuff I liked. I sang blues at parties and things when I was a kid.

I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh** out of my guitar.

When I went over to the States to promote Outrider, everyone was telling me I was a blues guitarist. I'm not a bloody blues guitarist. I'm a guitarist.

I suppose ultimately I'm interested in music. I'm a musician. I'm not a gunslinger. That's the difference between what I do and what a lot of guitar heroes do.

Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

My ambition was just to be able to play guitar.

Music is my sport, and I'm the number-one athlete.

Most people can do what I do - they can do guitar solos - but they can't do a good, hard rhythm guitar and be dedicated to it.

I was a born rock n' roll sax player.

I have a good time doing 'Give Me Back My Man.' Keith Strickland can really fly on the guitar.

I've spent my life playing music.

I'm a songwriter, and I'm more than just a screamer.

That's how I want to be with stuff: I always want to be in country music, first and foremost, forever.

Growing up, I was always around adult musicians who played for their entire lives. So that's what I wanted to do, and I always had that in mind.

I never wanted to be singer. People in my family love music, and I pursued it as a hobby.