101 Quotes by Paul Gilbert

I especially like the songs Hurry Up and The Curse Of Castle Dragon, and I often include them in my live show.

Just about every rock band and every guitar player from 1964 to 1984. To me, that's the golden period of rock. From the first Beatles album hitting America to the last Van Halen album with David Lee Roth. That's where all my favorite rock exists.

I love my job as a musician, and I am filled with gratitude that good people support my endeavors.

To me, you had to have a least a couple of ugly guys in the band. That's why Saxon was great.

It took me a long time to accept the idea that the guitar can take the place of a singer.

It took me years to get my hair right... after years of perms, conditioning... Nirvana came out and it wasn't cool to have big hair anymore. It was just a horrible injustice.

It's so easy to make albums with overdubbing and editing these days, but I really prefer playing live and just getting the music to sound right because the musicians, the songs and the performances are good.

To me, the secret of Eddie Van Halen was Alex Van Halen, because the way Alex played was so loose and the way the two of them locked together... Those two are connected so thoroughly they might as well be one person.

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