5 Quotes & Sayings By Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson is a guitarist and composer from Culver City, California. His style is rooted in jazz and fusion with heavy rock influences. He has been compared to jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery and jazz-fusion luminaries Pat Metheny and John McLaughlin. Johnson's musical career began when he was five years old, when he was given a book of chord solos by his uncle that allowed him to play along with the record Read more

By the age of eight he was taking guitar lessons from a Los Angeles teacher who offered to let him use her instrument. He recorded his first album at age 8, on cassette tape that was mastered into vinyl at age 13. He performed with symphony orchestras at age 11 and 14, played guitar on all of Frank Zappa's records (including his 1988 release, "Joe's Garage"), and played on more albums than any other guitarist in history (he has appeared on over 100 recordings).

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The best thing about doing those Hallmark movies is my dad loves them. My dad watches all of those Christmas movies, not just ones I'm in. He watches them all, so the first one I did, it was like my Christmas present to my dad. Eric Johnson
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Growing up in Canada, none of my family were performers or anything like that, but I was terrible at hockey, so they needed something for me to do on Saturdays for me to get out of the house. I signed up for theater school on Saturdays, and I'd go for four-and-a-half hours every Saturday morning and learn about theater. Eric Johnson
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It's pretty amazing to see something in your head and write it down, go out and shoot it, then see it on the big screen. It's a pretty amazing feeling. Eric Johnson
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I did my first professional play at 11, and there was really nothing else I ever dreamed of doing. I felt so fortunate that I knew at the age of like, 12, like this is all I want to do for the rest of my life; that's the only play. There's no backup plan. My mom wanted me to go to school and have a backup plan. I'm like 'No, this is the only plan.' Eric Johnson