Dierks Bentley Quotes

I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs... I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every string is doing; the vibrations haven't been combined in a collision of distortion or effects yet.

Every song I write, including 'Too Close,' always starts on the guitar.

When you break out the acoustic guitar, the words are the focal point unless you're the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar. So the words have to have meaning.

I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar.

I worked with George Harrison - who was the reason I started playing guitar.

And I only really like to play the acoustic guitar.

I play the guitar every day.

The guitar is the ultimate vehicle for expression and composition for me. It's a part of my DNA!

I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.

All my songs were made at the end of the neck, 'farmer's corner' chords.

I got my first guitar for Christmas when I was five years old.

Something people might not know about me is, I like playing the guitar.

I have an all-black Mahalo ukulele - it's like my baby. It has brought me so much peace and comfort.

I play guitar, and it's not a prop.

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

My center is not really my singing so much as my guitar playing.

I started playing the ukulele in the year 2000. That sounds so futuristic saying it like that. The year 2000.

I'm not a guitar hero.

I was 11 years old, and I had been playing classical piano for three years, and suddenly the guitar came and landed in my arms. I fell in love with that instrument, and I still love it today. I love it so much.

I ended up starting guitar because I didn't want to just be the lead singer.

I've always been an acoustic guitar player, and I've pretty much continued to play acoustic guitar throughout all of the Sonic Youth periods. My material for Sonic Youth often started on acoustic guitar.

I started playing guitar by the time I was 9.

One of the reasons I picked up the guitar is because I saw a video of Feist performing in Paris.

I play the guitar.

I love playing acoustic guitar because I strum with my hands to feel more connected.