I don't know whether it was his (Charlie Christian's) melodic lines, his sound or his approach, but I hadn't heard anything like that before. He sounded so good and it sounded so easy, so I bought me a guitar and an amplifier and said now I can't do nothing but play! Really, welding was my talent, I think, but I sort of swished it aside.
Wes MontgomeryI've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over.
Wes MontgomeryI got a standard box. I don't never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else's.
Wes MontgomeryI never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat.
Wes MontgomeryIt's impossible for me to feel like there's only one way to do a thing. There's nothing wrong with having one way of doing it, but I think it's a bad habit. I believe in range. Like, there's a lot of tunes that I play all the time-sometimes I hear 'em in a different register. And if you don't have complete freedom, or you won't let yourself get away from that one straight line, oh, my goodness, that's too horrible to even think about.
Wes Montgomery