Paul Gilbert Quotes

My father was a guitar player, and I was raised with a super high standard of what good guitar playing was.

I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.

I don't sing. I played guitar for a while. I'm not great, I'm not Lenny Kravitz by any means, but I do like to strum.

The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room anyway. Thank goodness. But I've always contributed guitar parts to every band I've ever been in, so I'll always play the axe.

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

I was just a punk-rock kid who never played acoustic guitar.

I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For me, the guitar has always been the instrument that I've played. I play a little piano. I taught myself everything by ear. I don't read music at all, which has not really been a hindrance.

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

I'm about a 20-handicapper with a guitar. I can only play three songs on my own album. I did the lyrics, not the music.

I'm a rock and roll kid, but to me, rock and roll isn't just four idiots banging their instruments really loud.

You need to have spent your time from playing Top 40 pop rock in order to know how to play a song like 'Ritual,' a song like 'Absolution' or 'Idolatrine.' You need to know your classic drumming and your classic guitar.

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.

I play the guitar and the piano and have a group of guys who I play with. They're uber talented.

I wish I played guitar so I could start a band with great musicians.

When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any idea about writing our own songs yet. We were struggling how to learn our instruments and play songs to be able to perform for people.

I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar.

I've always dabbled on guitar, but never took lessons.

I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day.

I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling them to just go and read them.

I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear.

If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.

Music was something I found on my own. I got my first guitar when I was around 10, and it just all developed over time.

I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.

I actually write my own music whenever I have a chance. I play guitar and sing.

I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on guitar, but certainly not piano.