35 Quotes by Ronnie Montrose

I've never known how to read music in my life.

It was very satisfying knowing I could come in not really knowing what I was going to do, and at the end of the session feeling that I'd really done interesting guitar work and knowing that I'd really contributed to the music.

Everybody has their iPhone cameras, BlackBerry cameras, and I see those cameras pointed up at me all the time now, which is actually really good because of what it does for me and my band. There is no time for us not to be on our toes because they're on all the time whenever you're playing. I think it's very healthy.

Because it was the original 4 guys, and the dynamic of those 4 guys interacting together that had the power.

But it has been a long process because I'm kind of a renaissance person.

Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record.

My philosophy is, honestly never collected anything that I don't play. I know a lot of people that collect guitars, but for me, I want instruments that I play. And if I don't play them, I don't' want to have them sitting in a closet collecting dust.

I feel very fortunate to have my ears. I'd share them with everybody but I only have two to go around.

I was producing demos for a band that was called Physical Ed. Out of production of demos I went and did a few jam sessions with then in Northern California clubs, but I never actually toured with them.