“My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself.
It is who I am.”
~ Joan Jett
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Showing posts with label thoughts. Show all posts
Thought for the Day
“My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself.
It is who I am.”
~ Joan Jett
Thought for the Day
“My guitar, I sing of thee
‘Tis with thee that I decoy
And ensnare enchantingly
the ladies I enjoy.”
~ Pierre de Ronsard
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"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
~ Ludwig Van Beethoven
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“Gaily the Troubadour / Touched his guitar.”
~ Thomas Haynes Bayly, poet & songwriter
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I grew up in the '40s and I heard all these great speeches, like Winston Churchill. His most famous, or infamous commencement exercise speech was one that consisted of seven words. He stood before this graduating class and said: "Never, never, never, never give up."
~ Johnny Cash
Note- I quoted verbatim but I noticed that only six, not seven, words were spoken.
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The nature of the universe is abundance. There is a constant, never ending, steady stream of supply that flows towards us all the time and that sustains us in every moment of our lives.
~ Staffan Svahn, The Guide To Miracles
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“Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.”
~ Jeff Cooper, Father of Modern Shooting
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“The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.”
~ Andre Segovia(1893-1987)
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Historic pink label copy of the very first record of The Beatles to appear in the U.S. in April, 1962. Note the name on the label! This was a negligible hit in Germany and England in late 1961. Polydor records enlisted their U.S. affiliate, Decca Records, to promote this record in the U.S.. Not convinced that the name 'Beatles' was marketable, Decca complied with Polydor's suggestion to change their to 'The Beat Brothers' on the label with them being the backup band for Tony Sheridan.
The Fab Four, circa 1962
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
~ Decca Recording Co. Rejecting The Beatles, 1962
The Fab Four, circa 1962
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I wanted to be successful, not famous.
~ George Harrison,
February 25, 1943 – November 29, 2001
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"This is what someone from Kentucky ought to sound like!"
~ John Renbourn on Pat Kirkley
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Practicing is knowing the right thing to do, and then making sure you do it.
~ Jamie Andreas
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
~ Barry Mann
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If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
~ Eubie Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983)
Composer, lyricist, and pianist of Ragtime, Jazz, and Popular music.
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I wept because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet.
~ An Old Persian Proverb
~ An Old Persian Proverb
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It's kind of 19th century tradition that practice should be hard work, leftover from the Victorian thing. I think this is a totally destructive idea. The essence of the thing is that the work should be enjoyable.... When people are learning instruments, they should be encouraged and advised: if they say they don't enjoy their practice, I always say, well, FIND a way to enjoy it.
~ John Williams
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Adrian Legg (Today's Featured Artist) simply the best acoustic guitar player I've ever heard…he plays like he has hammers for fingers.
~ Joe Satriani
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