I tried to make guitars that were close to what my heroes played. That's the way it's done. My experience is that you have to do it like a musician. You have to learn the language before you can learn to be a novelist.
I don't see any rock stars playing an electric guitar from some new maker like you see in the acoustic guitar world. - Paul Reed Smith
I don't see any rock stars playing an electric guitar from some new maker like you see in the acoustic guitar world.
- Paul Reed Smith
I'm pretty good at letting people do what they are good at, that's why they're experts. - Paul Reed Smith
I'm pretty good at letting people do what they are good at, that's why they're experts.
People by themselves can be pretty stupid. People working together can be very powerful. - Paul Reed Smith
People by themselves can be pretty stupid. People working together can be very powerful.
I see money as a reflection of how much impact you're having on the world. I see money as a metaphor in a way. - Paul Reed Smith
I see money as a reflection of how much impact you're having on the world. I see money as a metaphor in a way.
I change guitars as they come and go. I have one I played for almost a decade, but I've put it away. It was the first McCarty. Now, I'm playing one I… - Paul Reed Smith
I change guitars as they come and go. I have one I played for almost a decade, but I've put it away. It was the first McCarty. Now, I'm playing one I…
I have my own hard earned money and if I buy a fly rod I'm going to give my money to the company that's giving me value. I'm going to the guy who giv… - Paul Reed Smith
I have my own hard earned money and if I buy a fly rod I'm going to give my money to the company that's giving me value. I'm going to the guy who giv…
Nobody gives twenty-five million dollars to anybody if they're not getting twenty-five million worth out of it. Forget it. It just doesn't happen. - Paul Reed Smith
Nobody gives twenty-five million dollars to anybody if they're not getting twenty-five million worth out of it. Forget it. It just doesn't happen.
Somebody's going to wake up and their job in life is going to be to make guitars. There are a lot of good, talented people. - Paul Reed Smith
Somebody's going to wake up and their job in life is going to be to make guitars. There are a lot of good, talented people.
It used to be that I could talk to someone in Texas and nobody would hear about it. Now, the moment I open my mouth it's all over the world. The seco… - Paul Reed Smith
It used to be that I could talk to someone in Texas and nobody would hear about it. Now, the moment I open my mouth it's all over the world. The seco…
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