Angus Young Quotes

I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.

I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.

I learned how to play guitar by playing along to Jane's Addiction records and Smashing Pumpkins records, things you can totally hear if you listen to my guitar.

I love to play guitar. I've been writing my own songs on the axe since I was nine years old. I suck at leads.

I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of the main contributors to my inspirational playing.

The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.

When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.

Certainly, as a guitarist, I was aware of descending chromatic lines and arpeggios long before 1968.

I always wrote for musicians, especially guitarists. I write songs that people who aren't great virtuosos can play.

I'll never forget when I heard Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs for the first time. I was just blown away, and it changed my whole approach to guitar.

I played the Spanish guitar for eight years, like flamenco.

The only one I can play like is Johnny Ramone. I would love to be able to play like other great guitarists, but my mind doesn't work like that.

I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.

I play the guitar and the piano and have a group of guys who I play with. They're uber talented.

My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I wanted to learn to play guitar, so I got an acoustic and started taking lessons. I wanted to be able to shred like Yngwie Malmsteen.

I learned everything by ear and played all the different instruments. So then I was able to find a guitar. That was, like, in the seventh grade. And then I didn't know how to put my fingers on all the different strings, so I had to figure out how to do it upside down and backwards, and I still play that way today.

I've played the guitar since I was 12, and just taught myself songs chord by chord.

When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.

I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument.

Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together.

It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK Computer and stuff like that.

The ultimate guitar players can play every scale in the book.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

Pete Townshend is one of my greatest influences. More than any other guitarist, he taught me how to play rhythm guitar and demonstrated its importance, particularly in a three-piece band.

I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.