Clive Davis Quotes

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.

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

I don't play any instruments, but I do read a lot.

My first engagement with any art was music.

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.

So I suppose that means we can actually play the instruments.

The world of classical music is so fascinating. It's a world that encompasses people from everywhere and erases the basic restraints of nationality; everyone is united by this common language of music.

I don't read music. I've never had a lesson. I don't know anything about music other than what my inner knowledge is.

My only passion is music.

I did a lot of engineering things, like taking apart my brother's model car when I was 10. I also played the piano for about 10 years. I auditioned for Juilliard but didn't get in.

I'm a terrible drummer; I almost cannot play the guitar nor sax nor trumpet.

When I was much younger I tried to play guitar and bass first. Drums were just the easiest thing for me to play. I picked it up really quickly.

From the very beginning, we were all a hundred and ten percent about the music, from the very early days when we could barely play our instruments, and we were just covering other people's songs when we were in high school.

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

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

I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn't.

I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.