Les Paul quotes

Les Paul was an American musician, inventor, and pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar. His innovative techniques influenced the sound and development of modern music, particularly in jazz, country, and rock and roll. He transformed the music industry with his inventions and recording innovations. Here are 9 of his quotes:

Now I need to take a piece of wood and make it sound like the railroad track, but I also had to make it beautiful and lovable so that a person playing it would think of it in terms of his mistress, a bartender, his wife, a good psychiatrist - whatever.

Les Paul

One minute we're over here, the next minute we're doing something completely different. But it's interesting because you are producing so many things you couldn't do with analog.

Les Paul

The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.

Les Paul

I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound.

Les Paul

As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a guitar player, and my job is to go out there and play and entertain and do my thing.

Les Paul

If I have to go around telling everyone how great I am, then there's something wrong with my act.

Les Paul

When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only 6 or 7.

Les Paul

I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them into the radio and the sound would come out of the speaker.

Les Paul