I would take my guitar to college and sit for hours in the hills humming to myself.
The electric guitar was a big step for me, but I didn't spend a lot of time trying to adjust. It wasn't like, 'Hey, little lady, come strap on this here big guitar.' We took it in steps as much as possible.
When I first got a guitar, it was a Spanish, classical thing.
The first songs I ever wrote - my first, like, serious offerings - were all written on ukulele. It's always been a part of the way I write for a really long time.
As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
When my parents gave me that first guitar, I became totally obsessed. I would stay in my room all the time with it, and my parents were concerned.
I do the protest stuff. I do country and western. I play both acoustic and electric guitar in a lot of different styles, from loud, psychedelic stuff to quiet finger-picking.
The guitar can go at a scream. It can yell at you.
I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.
I don't compose rap songs or party numbers. I only compose folk.
I've been singing my entire life. The guitar came to me later on down the road.
The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.
I like to play guitar, jam out, play the blues, go watch movies. I love movies.
It took me a long time to accept the idea that the guitar can take the place of a singer.
I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.
I play the guitar every day.
I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.
I actually played guitar before I played drums. And I always play guitar on the Slipknot albums as well, as well as being responsible for a lot of the songwriting.
I'm always happy with a guitar in my hand.
When I have downtime, music is a big part of my life. Not so much singing, but I play the guitar.
I always enjoyed singing; I played guitar.
I do write a lot of folky songs naturally.
I was always just kind of obsessed with guitar, even before I started playing.
What resonates with me now is the acoustic guitar and piano.
I play the guitar.
