Yngwie Quotes & Sayings

My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't start playing till I was seven. — Yngwie Malmsteen

Turning points are only uncovered later, by historians who seek to bring order to a lifetime of tangled memories. — Kate Morton

Religion is what a person does in his solitariness. — Alfred North Whitehead

The longer I wait the more reasons I can think of why it means something other than what I thought it meant when I first read it. — Chris Crutcher

The only thing I ever really wanted was a Strat .. I started playing guitar after seeing Jimi Hendrix on TV the day he died ... then I got Deep Purples' Fireball album which was also a big influence .. I have a collection of more than 200 of them that includes Strats from every year since March 1954 - the first month the Strat was made — Yngwie Malmsteen

I don't think you can learn to be a complete musician. That has to come from within, and it entails a lot of sacrifice. — Yngwie Malmsteen

Of all my achievements in tennis, I'm probably as proud of my record on clay courts as any of my Wimbledon, U.S. Open or French singles titles. — Chris Evert

I've always been heavily influenced by classical music, mostly by baroque music. — Yngwie Malmsteen

Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while. — Jim Butcher

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak. — John Selden

Oh! Apple Wh-wh-white! Hi! Hey. I mean" - his voice lowered - "hey there. — Shannon Hale

IF YOU CHOKE YOUR POTENTIAL BEFORE IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A POSSIBILITY YOU WILL NEVER REACH YOUR DESTINY — Mo Stegall

I'm working on guitars for free, because I love working on guitars anyway. — Yngwie Malmsteen

And can a man his own quietus make
with a bare bodkin? — D.H. Lawrence

MISSION: Be excellent at what you do and you will stand before kings. Proverbs 22:29 — Bible. New International Version

One thing I've noticed over the years is that young players - I mean 10- and 12-year-olds - really like my guitar style. There's something in my guitar style that they totally can latch onto and learn quickly, and then go from there to your Yngwie Malmsteens or your Steve Vais or whatever. — Kirk Hammett

Fast is only cool if it's melodic and has substance. — Yngwie Malmsteen

I just want you to know , I love serenity, and peace; no craziness, no weird people turning up in the middle of the night. — Yngwie J. Malmsteen

What I think is the most important thing to learn about any instrument is the basics of music. Learn your ABCs before you write a Hemingway novel. — Yngwie Malmsteen

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. — Oscar Isaac

I wasn't very big on going to school. I tried to get a gig as a luthier. — Yngwie Malmsteen

Ritchie Blackmore was a huge early influence on me, but after that I had to find my own way ... Johann Sebastian Bach was probably the most influential guy ever on me ... Vivaldi, Beethoven and eventually Paganini ... all of a sudden I was thinking in all these other areas, instead of blues riffs ... — Yngwie Malmsteen

Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills' model of Martin guitars. It's beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately. — Graham Nash

If you can identify a delusional popular belief, you can find what lies hidden behind it: the contrarian truth. — Peter Thiel

If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia. — Tony Abbott

To be subjected to pain that threatens to exceed coping resources is not something that people choose. — David L. Conroy

It reminded her too, time and again, of her own susceptibility to panic and her unfathomable dread of being alone. — Richard Yates