Roger McGuinn Quotes & Sayings

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42 most famous Roger McGuinn quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 81 year old American musician born on Jul 23, 1942.

Roger McGuinn Quotes
“But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there.”
“I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I used to go to Pete Seeger concerts, and he would do songs like 'Ruben Ranzo' and talk about how the sailors sang songs to do their work - to raise the anchors, pull up the sails and that sort of thing.”
“Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.”
Roger McGuinn Quotes
“That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist in it. And of course, some of the stories, the story songs.”
Roger McGuinn Quotes
“The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957.”
Roger McGuinn Quotes
“Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that.”
Roger McGuinn Quotes
“I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village.”
Roger McGuinn Quotes
“I don't really collect guitars.”
Roger McGuinn Quotes
“I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs on it. There's some finger picking on it.”
“That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to the record company. You don't have to get a five hundred thousand dollars, or whatever, and pay them back for the rest of your life to record a record.”

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