“It’s really fun to play un-serious guitar, and I strongly urge anyone who thinks they want to play guitar to not sweat the issues of “doing it right” and instead focus on enriching your life with the ancient pleasure of playing songs you like. It can be incredibly fun to bang away clumsily and not-too-proficiently on a song you enjoy, and in my world view that sort of thing is much more needed and welcome than someone playing perfect scales and arpeggios in a practice room somewhere in preparation for perhaps someday playing some real music.”

– Harvey Reid, On learning to play guitar.