M. Ward Quotes

I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.

Eventually, my dad bought me a guitar for Christmas, and then I just went from there, man. I bought a drum kit a few years later and bought a bass, started producing, started singing.

I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.

When I picked up the guitar for the first time, it opened up a whole new world for me. I became obsessed with writing and playing.

Music is such a big part of my life.

I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.

I just love to have fun with music, and try to find songs that say something that people want to hear.

The way I started playing music was sitting around with friends and singing songs. I love good ol' fashioned guitar pulls.

A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working.

I've been singing and playing the guitar ever since I can remember.

I've written my own music, and I play guitar.

One of the reasons I picked up the guitar is because I saw a video of Feist performing in Paris.

There was just a moment when I fell in love with singing, probably when I started listening to Ben Howard and his album 'I Forget Where We Were.' I fell in love with that album, and that album really made me fall in love with singing.

I love Frank Ocean. For me, 'Channel Orange' is the best LP ever. I love his voice, the songwriting, everything.

I love music in general. It's like girls and their clothes and shoes; when you love shoes, you love shoes. So, for me, I think it's a really dangerous thing to say I'm going to write the best dance song in the world.

Singing and playing have always gone hand-in-hand with me. I love 'em both equally.

I have always been into music. That's my number one passion.

I live a normal life. But I'm always thinking about what I'm going to do next, musically. 'Do I need a fresh producer? What was Peter Gabriel doing when he was 32?'

As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.

I try not to shut any doors before I even get there. I like doing music. I like singing. I love all music. Music kind of goes hand in hand with acting anyway.

My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I wanted to learn to play guitar, so I got an acoustic and started taking lessons. I wanted to be able to shred like Yngwie Malmsteen.

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.

I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.

I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.

I definitely think of myself as a musician first.