A Quote by J. J. Cale

I was an engineer for a long time. I was a sideman guitar player.

J. J. Cale

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J. J. Cale
American - Musician
December 5, 1938 - July 26, 2013

I'm a recording studio guy, an engineer, a songwriter and a guitar player, in that order.

J. J. Cale

My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player. One of my earliest memories is him kind of forcing a guitar on all my brothers and me. You know, "You have to practice three hours a day!" I hated guitar at the time. I kind of picked up trumpet to spite him.

Zach Condon

When it came time to hire a guitar player ... I didn't even have to think about it ... Mike Bloomfield was the best guitar player I'd ever heard.

Bob Dylan

Anybody who's a guitar player that's spent that time with another guitar player, there's nothing better than that.

John Frusciante

I'm the ultimate rock 'n' roll sideman. But that doesn't mean a 'sideman' isn't vital.

Michael Anthony

So, really, I just try to be the best guitar player I can be - not the best female guitar player, not the best 'X amount of years' guitar player, or whatever - just the best guitar player.

Nita Strauss

The gut-strung guitar, the classical guitar, that is a whole different world on its own. When you think what the guitar can do and what every individual player does with a guitar, everyone has their own identity coming through the guitar.

Jimmy Page

I was a studio engineer out in L.A. for about six or seven years, and I played sideman for different people, and played in bar bands. I was an old man of 32 when I made my first album.

J. J. Cale

For me, the guitar was just a tool to make songs. I started when I was 10 - I learned what I had to learn to get my ideas across. I always felt I was a weak guitar player, but now I realize with the finger-picking stuff, I actually know how to do what I do with my songs, but I couldn't step in and be an overall guitar player. But my guitar playing has always been driven by the need to write songs.

Anna Ternheim

My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player.

Zach Condon

I probably spent more time as a kid playing air guitar to Jimmy Page than any other guitar player.

Paul Gilbert

I think my best advice for young guitar players is that it's not an easy road - definitely not; female guitar player or male guitar player, it's not an easy road at all.

Nita Strauss

I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.

Rick Nielsen

Ted Templeman, the producer, and Donn Landee, the engineer, are the same team that signed Van Halen, when they were called Mammoth. Donn convinced them to change it to the last name of the guitar player and drummer.

Sammy Hagar

I'm a guitar player. I've carved out my own style of guitar music, so I don't look for inspiration with playing guitar.

Jamie Hince

I used to aspire to being more of a traditional bass player, to be honest. People say I play it like a guitar - and I was a guitar player when I was growing up. I started learning when I was eight, and that's what I was fascinated with in my teen years.

Justin Chancellor

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