Joe Bonamassa Quotes

Joe Bonamassa

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 8, 1977

I've always been a fan of the five-speed transmission - on anything.

Joe Bonamassa

My goal for 'Black Rock' was pretty simple: I wanted to make the feel-good record of the summer.

Joe Bonamassa

Greece is so beautiful and inspiring.

Joe Bonamassa

That's right, I take vocal lessons - done it for years. There's nothing wrong with it.

Joe Bonamassa

As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that.

Joe Bonamassa

I'm a self-loathing slide player. Some people like the way I play slide - I hate it.

Joe Bonamassa

'Beck-Ola' is a weird album.

Joe Bonamassa

John Mayall doesn't get enough credit. He's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is a tragedy.

Joe Bonamassa

If I feel like things are getting into a routine, I want them to be different. I need to keep improving and keep moving forward.

Joe Bonamassa

Jimi Hendrix is a classic example of a player in which everything he did, it was all in his hands.

Joe Bonamassa

I don't think there's any music that you hear on the radio today that would be possible without Jimi Hendrix. Rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, any guitar stuff when you get right down to it - Jimi did it. He's certainly the guy who basically invented the blues-rock genre for guitar players.

Joe Bonamassa

That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.

Joe Bonamassa

When you think blues, you think BB King. Even a young kid can look at a picture of BB King and say, 'the blues.' The man is more than a musician. He's a monument.

Joe Bonamassa

If it wasn't for guys like Gary Moore, I wouldn't exist. He not only proved that the blues could rock but it could draw a crowd as well. All of which made a huge impression on me.

Joe Bonamassa

Everything Paul Kossoff did came from his fingers and went right into the amp. He was his own effects unit.

Joe Bonamassa

A guitar is a guitar. Whether it was made yesterday or 51 years ago, if it's good, it will stand the test of time.

Joe Bonamassa

I'm honored people think enough of my playing to chase my sound. Hell, I chase other players' tones all the time.

Joe Bonamassa

At the end of the day, you, as the player, create the tone coming out of the amp. The gear is part of it but by no means all of it.

Joe Bonamassa

I was thrust into an adult world very quickly, and that can make anyone somewhat socially maladjusted to dealing with people your own age. But I wouldn't trade any of it.

Joe Bonamassa