100 Quotes by Joe Bonamassa

My first proper 'Here's your guitar, Joseph' was a 1981 Chiquita, one of those Erlewine travel guitars. And it was good for a four-year-old because it was small.

If you keep working hard and not take 'no' for an answer, you achieve.

There's a certain thing when you start getting into your late thirties or early forties where you stop caring. Not to the extent where you stop caring about the music, you just stop caring about what anyone thinks of you, and you just kind of let it go - let the chips fall where they may.

I really loved being able to perform my songs and sing them myself.

There's always talk about the blues dying out, but it won't.

British blues was my favorite music, and it still is.

I'm actually much more of a rock player than many people think.

Most blues guitar players don't concentrate on singing and melodies. And forget about the bridge - the bridge doesn't exist. They go straight for the solo.

If I feel like things are getting into a routine, I want them to be different. I need to keep improving and keep moving forward.