I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
TOM PETTY
TOM PETTY
Tom Petty on guitar
Tom Petty112 quotes“I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.”
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Tom PettyTom Petty I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
Tom PettyTom Petty I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
Tom PettyTom Petty At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
Tom PettyTom Petty I have never been comfortable being the front man.
Tom PettyTom Petty In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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I suppose I am proud of what has gone on, after all I only ever wanted to play the guitar for a living, and that is what I am still doing.
Bernie MarsdenBernie Marsden I’d always had an interest in guitar from about seven years old. But I first actually had lessons when I was about fifteen in Scotland, in Edinburgh.
Bert JanschBert Jansch Fantastic guitar player. And he’s had a strong influence on me all the way through.
Bert JanschBert Jansch Im not one for showing off. But I guess my guitar-playing sticks out.
Bert JanschBert Jansch I may make light of being a domestic terrorist, but if they can brand me a domestic terrorist and confiscate all my materials, and then expand into confiscating other people’s materials.
Bernard von NotHausBernard von NotHaus I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. Thats it.
Benjamin BookerBenjamin Booker EverTune is, without a doubt, the most important advance in guitar playing since the electric tuner.
Ben WeinmanBen Weinman I first heard the banjo on the Beverly Hillbillies, and from then on I was banjo-conscious. But I didn’t actually get one until my grandfather gave me one, almost by mistake.
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