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I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music. — Graham Nash
Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise. — Richard Thompson

But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good. — Dweezil Zappa
I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar. — Dan Fogelberg

I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers. — Johnny Winter
If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song. — Christopher Cross

It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love – acoustic, melodic – and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters. — Helen Slater
The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids. — Billie Joe Armstrong

There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to the acoustic. — Dan Hicks
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. — Richard Thompson

When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass. — David Sanborn
When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it. — Richard Thompson