Editing Django Reinhardt (section)

== Influence ==
{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|bgcolor = LightCyan|quote=The instant I heard Django, I flipped. I chose his style because it spoke to me. He was too far ahead of his time. He was something else.|source=French recording artist, Serge Krief<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtko3F0QkEo;t=19m36s |title=Django Reinhardt documentary |via=YouTube |date=9 January 2016 |access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref>}}
Many guitar players and other musicians have expressed admiration for Reinhardt or have cited him as a major influence. [[Jeff Beck]] described Reinhardt as "by far the most astonishing guitar player ever" and "quite superhuman".<ref name=Djangobooks>{{cite web|url=http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2725&start=0 |title=Jeff Beck on Django |publisher=Djangobooks.com |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> [[Jimmy Page]] of [[Led Zeppelin]] said, "Django Reinhardt was fantastic. He must have been playing all the time to be that good."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myfavequotes.co.uk/quote/jimmy-page-django-reinhardt/|title=Jimmy Page Quotes}}</ref> [[Andrew Latimer]] of the [[progressive rock]] band [[Camel (band)|Camel]] said that he was influenced by Reinhardt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hit-channel.com/interviewandy-latimer-camel/55489 |title=Interview:Andy Latimer (Camel) &#124; Hit Channel |access-date=30 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218004333/http://www.hit-channel.com/interviewandy-latimer-camel/55489 |archive-date=18 December 2014 }}</ref> [[Denny Laine]] and [[Jimmy McCulloch]], members of [[Paul McCartney]]'s band [[Wings (band)|Wings]], mentioned him as an inspiration.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} Asked to name his ten greatest influences, [[Chet Atkins]] named Reinhardt as his number one.

[[Grateful Dead]]'s [[Jerry Garcia]] and [[Black Sabbath]]'s [[Tony Iommi]], both of whom lost fingers in accidents, were inspired by Reinhardt's example of becoming an accomplished guitar player despite his injuries. Garcia was quoted in June 1985 in ''Frets Magazine'':
{{blockquote|His technique is awesome! Even today, nobody has really come to the state that he was playing at. As good as players are, they haven't gotten to where he is. There's a lot of guys that play fast and a lot of guys that play clean, and the guitar has come a long way as far as speed and clarity go, but nobody plays with the whole fullness of expression that Django has. I mean, the combination of incredible speed – all the speed you could possibly want – but also the thing of every note have a specific personality. You don't hear it. I really haven't heard it anywhere but with Django.}}

{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|bgcolor = MistyRose|quote=Django is still one of my main influences, I think, for lyricism. He can make me cry when I hear him.|source=[[Toots Thielemans]]<ref name=Field>Field, Kim. ''Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers: the Evolution of the People's Instrument'', Rowman & Littlefield (1993) pp. 253–255</ref>}}

[[Willie Nelson]] is a lifelong Reinhardt fan, writing in his memoir, "This was a man who changed my musical life by giving me a whole new perspective on the guitar and, on an even more profound level, on my relationship with sound...During my formative years, as I listened to Django's records, especially songs like 'Nuages' that I would play for the rest of my life, I studied his technique.  Even more, I studied his gentleness. I love the human sound he gave his acoustic guitar."{{sfn|Nelson|Ritz|2016|p=45-47}}