55 Quotes by Les Paul

I don't know of a guitar player that has only one guitar. They're never happy with one. I'm never happy with just one of them. I woke up and ended up with six, even if you can only play one at a time!

When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar.

.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive

My chops were not as fast... [but] I just learned more on what was in my mind than what was in my chops. I learned a long time ago that one note can go a long way if it's the right one, and it will probably whip the guy with twenty notes

A guitar is something you can hold and love and it's never going to bug you. But here's the secret about the guitar - it's defiant. It will never let you conquer it. The more you get involved with it, the more you realize how little you know.

To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any.

..I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else

Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.

Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive