The guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself.

I would love to study guitar or trumpet.

I wasted years playing games, instead of playing guitar.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

It’s harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I’m always kind of on the edge. I guess that’s how I play everything: on the edge of my ability.

It seemed so wimpy at first when I started to play [guitar]. So I started playing loud with lots of effects just to try to mimic the dynamic [of the drums]. Drums seemed a lot more expressive. [I was] Trying to emulate the feeling of playing the drums on the guitar – I guess that’s why I played it so loud.

Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.

When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn’t know at the time I wanted to be an artist.

You know, I’m not an air guitar aficionado. But once in a while, the air guitar comes out

I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as a fully fledged guitar instrumentalist. And my early excursions on the electric guitar were curtailed when Eric Clapton came on the scene, and I decided I was never going to be in the same arena as a Clapton or a Peter Green.

We weren’t listening to guitar bands, we were thoroughly ashamed of being a guitar band. So we bought loads of keyboards and learned how to use them, and when we got bored we went back to guitars

And if the world does turn, and if London burns, I’ll be standing on the beach with my guitar. I want to be in a band, when I get to Heaven. Anyone can play guitar, and they won’t be a nothing anymore..

Hunting Bears is a complex song. A bear, as you know is another term for a chubby chaser. The guitar line is actually the sound of a fat man’s thighs rubbing together as he approaches another lardy male for a night of sexual deviance

Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it.

I had to be reminded that the guitar is infinite. It never stops teaching you, it never stops being difficult; there’s an unlimited amount of things to learn, and you’ll never master it.

I don’t remember a time that I didn’t know how to play the guitar.

The one thing I’ve always done, because I like the sound of my guitar from where I sit – meaning not in front of it – so what I do is, I put microphones around my ears. I have them around my head, too. I don’t know if it’s a superstitious thing, but it’s actually how I recorded my first album.

I have to say, I do love the Ovation guitars. If I had one guitar to play, it would be that one, and it’s got nothing to do with having my name on it. I absolutely rely on it.

I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don’t understand why people want to interview me.

I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.

I play the harmonium. I had learned to use the guitar for a bit before becoming a part of the music industry, but unfortunately didn’t pursue it fully. I would love to learn to play the piano because it holds a unique connect for me in terms of rhythm.

I got my first guitar when I was 11. It was an electric, and I can remember just wanting to be Avril Lavigne! But I got annoyed with having to plug it in and play with amps and pedals and stuff. Then I got given a cheap acoustic, a Tanglewood, and I thought it was awesome because I could play it anywhere!

It’s not the most salubrious of instruments. A guitar is so much more cool.

I like to play music; play guitar – I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer. That’s nice.

I wrote my first song at 6. I spent every day with the guitar, and I just made up songs.

A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.

I started making music… I guess I was 12, and I started playing ‘Guitar Hero.’ And you know, it got to a point where on expert, you can only exceed to a certain point. And so, you know, I was like, ‘Let’s play real guitar. Let’s not waste more time.’ So, I got my mom, I told her to buy me a guitar for Christmas, and I started making music then.

I like to be quiet and play guitar and just chill.

You can tune a guitar, but you can’t tuna fish. Unless of course, you play bass.

I have no fear of death, so I don’t think about it. I love the adrenalin kick that danger brings. Others get their kicks bungee jumping from tall buildings. I’m very, very competitive. I want to be the best at everything I do. It’s not driving – it’s everything – it might be playing my guitar, I try to be the best at it as I possibly can.