Pastoral Resources

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs I did. That set us apart from the average blues band.

And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family.

I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar.

My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.

I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.

A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream.

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.

I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.

It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.

I quit my band in New York City in 1969 and I got really angry at them. I got angry at one of my guitar players and I dove over the drum set and we got into a fight.

As a kid I used to pretend I was John Denver, of all people, and play the guitar and sing Take Me Home, Country Roads.

But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument.

Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.

So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

I never liked mellow sounding guitar.

I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful!