Elias Quotes

I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.

I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.

I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.

My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.

The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics.

I have one custom guitar which I play almost exclusively. I have others - sometimes you want a little texture, kind of a different sound or something.

I play a little but also like to keep the guitars around for when friends come over.

I play mostly Gibsons. In fact, they have just given me a signature guitar.

I like the idea of having an old Gibson [guitar], but I don't have one. The Gibson has a different quality, but it's almost like you need both.

I started playing the guitar when I was 14. I'm not superstitious about guitars, but I do need strings to be old because that's part of my sound, and I don't like steel strings.

What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957.

I've been playing a guitar since I was 10 years old.

I play the guitar a little bit.

Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately.

Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills' model of Martin guitars. It's beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately.

I have an electric Fender and a Telecaster. I have a Taylor and a Martin. I want to get more guitars for more sounds.

I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I'd also get asked to play some acoustic stuff. But, since I didn't have an acoustic guitar at the time, I used to borrow one from a friend so I could play folk joints.

I love playing the guitar.

I'm not a guitar collector. I own some guitars because I play.

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

I'm not a guitar hero.

I tried a Les Paul when I was a lot younger. I tried the Les Paul, and because of the weight of the thing, it nearly dislocated my hip.

I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar.

One of the key guitars in my career has been an early-Seventies Fender Telecaster Deluxe that I had before Sonic Youth started and that I played pretty much throughout Sonic Youth.