Quotes about Guitar Usage

Robin Zander

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

Robin Trower

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.

Rick Nielsen

I always use my Les Paul. I have a Hamer as well. I use a Tele and an Esquire - once in a while, I will use a Strat, and I never use any pedals... except for in my car.

Lita Ford

I think it gets boring (for the audience) for the lead singer to have a guitar hanging on them all the time.

Ronnie Montrose

My philosophy is, honestly, never collected anything that I don't play. I know a lot of people that collect guitars, but for me, I want instruments that I play. And if I don't play them, I don't' want to have them sitting in a closet collecting dust.

Joe Bonamassa

I collect as many acoustic guitars as I need for a specific purpose. Acoustic guitars are really just tools for me.

Jeff Hanneman

I actually have only one Jackson! ESP makes all of my guitars now. But that Jackson was probably the last one I paid for, which is why I used it so much; I had to get my money's worth. That's why, for the longest time, it was in all of our photos.

Fred Frith

If you mean do I use the guitar when I'm sitting at home writing stuff, then basically no, never. All I would ever write would be stuff that my fingers easily fall into.

Bill Kaulitz

We've given up the idea that a guitar must always and everywhere be readily available just because we're a band.

Randy Bachman

The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves.