Les Paul Quotes

American - Musician Born: June 9, 1915

You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.

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

You learn fast from others how to be an entertainer as well as a musician; you don't necessarily have to get out there and just play - you can be an entertainer, too.

Les Paul

There are times when you want to go where you used to go and you can't go there.

Les Paul

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

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