Quote

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 Montgomery

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Wes Montgomery
Age: 43 †
Born: 1925
Born: March 6
Died: 1968
Died: June 15
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Indianapolis
Indiana
John Leslie Montgomery
Good
Sound
Hadn
Amplifier
Think
Christian
Guitar
Welding
Thinking
Easy
Approach
Amplifiers
Like
Anything
Talent
Melodic
Music
Sort
Sounded
Nothing
Lines
Charlie
Play
Heard
Aside
Really
Whether
Bought

More quotes by Wes Montgomery

Image
I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat.
Wes Montgomery
Image
When I got pretty good I went on the road with a group. We starved.
Wes Montgomery
Image
Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next in Florida and the next gig will be in Louisville. You know, a thousand miles a night. That was really rough, man.
Wes Montgomery
Image
I got a standard box. I don't never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else's.
Wes Montgomery
Image
A lot of places we go, when they see the organ coming in, they're expecting rock and roll, but after they hear us play they like it. To me, guitar cuts through-it carries more than organ. But organ has got more guts.
Wes Montgomery
Image
Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.
Wes Montgomery
Image
If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him.
Wes Montgomery
Image
I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over.
Wes Montgomery