#laying

My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs. ↗

— James Iha

#first #gig #job #nineties #nyc

I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts. ↗

— Karen Black

#i #i love #love #nuts #playing

Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#art #fender #going #itself #out

I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#great #guitarist #i #i can #jazz

I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#car #collection #guitar #him #his

When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#like #mess #playing #really #recording

When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

#down #eventually #far #got #i

There was nobody at the time who was playing slide guitar like Johnny, and nobody, or no white guys at least, that was playing country blues like that on the acoustic guitar. And it was at that point that I realized what Johnny had to offer. ↗

— Rick Derringer

#acoustic guitar #blues #country #guitar #guys

I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. ↗

— Paul Desmond

#also #discouraged #early #early age #father

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ↗

— Voltaire

#audience #comedian #god #laugh #playing