Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

I have absolutely no musical talent of my own!

I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.

Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years.

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.

The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast.

The only thing I'm really, truly good at is music - I just love it.

I was always good at music.

I think - actually, I know - that I am, without a doubt, the world's worst drummer.

My father had a phenomenal knowledge of music; my mom's family were all musicians.

As soon as I figured out I didn't know anything about music, I was OK. It's when I thought I could learn something that I was in trouble.

I had an edge in 'Andhadhun' because, being a musician, I knew how to play a guitar, so it was not difficult for me to learn a musical instrument.

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

I play no instruments.

Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.

I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano from a very small age.

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument?

There are a lot of ways to be expressive in life, but I wasn't good at some of them. Music, for instance. I was a distinct failure with the cello. Eventually, my parents sold the cello and bought a vacuum cleaner. The sound in our home improved.

I have no musical talent at all. I was banned from music classes and told I would never be able to understand anything. I still don't think I can sing, but somehow I get away with it.

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can hope to be. And when it comes to music, musicianship and skill, there is no such thing as better or worse because so much is personal opinion, and I can see that now.

Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.

Maybe if I knew music I couldn't do what I am doing.

I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.

I wanted to play the piano, but my fingers weren't long enough, so I took up the guitar.