Bill Cobbs Quotes

Music is my thing. In fact, that's what I wanted to do. I thought of myself as a musician. I had never thought about acting.

I've spent my life playing 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've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.

To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.

I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums.

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

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

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

My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I was younger, but unfortunately I had to face the fact that I was not really talented!

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

I got my first guitar at age of 7 and never laid it down. Momma taught me G, C, and D. I was off to the races son!

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.

When I was a kid, I played the piano for six years, and all my family are musicians.

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

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

I've been playing music since I was born.

I got my first instrument for Christmas when I was three or four years old. My parents got me a mandolin because it was the only instrument that would fit me because I was so small. I went straight from that into the drums when I was six, and then I started playing guitar when I was seven or eight.

When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.

I was a 'Big Brother' fan. I thought they were better musicians than their detractors claimed, but more to the point, technical accomplishment was not something I cared about.

As a little kid, I'd put on shows for my family. I would sing songs and play piano. I thought while growing up in high school that I would stick with music and try to make a career out of that. As I gave it an honest, real shot, I realized it was not for me.

I started writing when I was 13. I got my first electric guitar when I was 13, but I'd always been singing. I had my first little acoustic when I was six. But I started being in bands when I was 13.

I was always good at music.