Chet Atkins Quotes: Chet Atkins is American musician, vocalist, songwriter and producer known as “Mr. Guitar” and “Gentleman of the Country”
1- “Everyone has their own sound, and if you’re heard enough, folks will come to recognize it. Style however, is a different thing. Try to express your own ideas. It’s much more difficult to do, but the rewards are there if you’re good enough to pull it off…” -Chet Atkins
2- “Once you become predictable, no one’s interested anymore.” -Chet Atkins
3- “It takes a lot of devotion and work, or maybe I should say play, because if you love it, that’s what it amounts to I haven’t found any shortcuts, and I’ve been looking for a long time.” -Chet Atkins
4- “Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.” -Chet Atkins
5- “Years from now, after I’m gone, someone will listen to what I’ve done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they’ll hear my guitars speaking for me.” -Chet Atkins
6- “You shape your own destiny.” -Chet Atkins
7- “Everything I’ve ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.” -Chet Atkins
8- “I’ll always be poor in my mind.” -Chet Atkins
