Terry Kath Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn down to half its size. — Terry Kath

But then there was Hendrix, man. Jimi was really the last cat to freak me. Jimi was playing all the stuff I had in my head. I couldn't believe it, when I first heard him. Man, no one can ever do what he did with a guitar. No one can ever take his place. — Terry Kath

I'm too busy playing to worry about the movement or the fingerboard. — Terry Kath

About the only other thing I'd want would be a wider neck. My fingers are so fat that sometimes I deaden the string next to the one I'm fretting. — Terry Kath

Well, first I'd want a better vibrato. — Terry Kath

This guy kept telling us that rock was the big thing, everyone's talking about the big thing, our band was the big thing. So he made us change our name to The Big Thing. Can you believe that?! — Terry Kath

After The Ventures I dug Johnny Smith quite a bit. — Terry Kath

Don't worry, it's not loaded. — Terry Kath

I just get all jacked up when we start cooking. — Terry Kath