Burt Bacharach Quotes

I studied percussion as a music student, and I didn't have the best of timing, so I could never make it as a professional, unfortunately.

I have absolutely no musical talent of my own!

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.

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 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 had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.

I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.

My house was filled with music. We had a piano, and my brothers and sisters played instruments. Even though I was around it, I played basketball.

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.

I play no instruments.

I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.

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 met my wife when we were both 19 or 20, at a music school where she was taking voice and piano lessons and I was doing classes in music theory and composition.

I always loved the guitar, from when I was quite little. My dad had a G banjo at the house that he played. When he had parties, my sisters always played piano, and my dad played banjo.

Mom and sister played piano growing up; my grandma still plays piano in church. They always beat me over the head trying to get me to play piano, but I was more interested in riding dirt bikes and playing in the mud.

It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away.

I'd rather make music if I had the talent.

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.

I can conduct better than I count.

There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.

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.