Nat King Cole Quotes

I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to be a guitar vehicle, because that's what I wanted it to be.

For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm going to figure something out someday.' I had this romantic vision of being this old dude maybe making guitars or something.

I am a musician who also does love to explore the world in many ways, so my approaching with my songs, videos, and haikus is: 'Make It Real.'

I'm a 50-year-old guy making music for over 20 years. I've been writing songs since I was 20, so it's really been 30 years, and it's always been personal, but I've always told stories.

For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.

I've been playing music since I was 12. I love performing live.

For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I've got that gift.

I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.

I love the notion of a dude sitting there with an untuned guitar tapping his foot and just singing his passion out; that's what got me into music in the first place.

I just started playing guitar and started singing and started working on this act that I would call 'Don McLean' when I was probably in high school.

I've spent my life playing music.

Songwriting was definitely first. I started singing, and then I was rapping; then I went back to singing. As I was growing up, I just taught myself piano and guitar.

I am a Delhiite, and my journey as a singer began in the city.

I was inspired to be a singer/songwriter from an early age.

The way I like to think about it is, even though I started music early - I started in classical music - it wasn't until I discovered jazz that I really fell in love with music and realized this was what I wanted to do for a living.

I've been singing my entire life. The guitar came to me later on down the road.

You can't teach it [jazz singing]. There's nobody who can teach you how to sing jazz. Either you know how to sing jazz, or you don't.

It's always been my dream to be on the stage with my band, singing my music. That's always been, and always will be.

I grew up singing in Kansas. My dad had a band when I was growing up. So I sang in church and school and started singing with his band when I was seven. So I've been singing all my life.

I just want people to see my growth as an artist, and singer.

I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.

They said Bird played bebop, but Bird could still swing. I've heard a lot of guys play bebop, but they wasn't swinging.

I'm just a man, not a hero. just a boy, who wants to sing this song.

There's a responsibility as a musician to do the music that you want to hear.

I can play the guitar and the keys and the drums. I'm not brilliant at any of them. I can sing too. Some of my friends are proper musicians but I'm a song-writer. I write songs.