Pat Metheny Quotes

The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough.

I've actually been playing music ever since I was a young a kid. I got my first guitar when I was about 7 or 8 years old, so I've always been doing music.

I always wish I'd had more mentors, better mentors, wiser mentors, people who were proper professional working musicians to guide me as I was coming up.

My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.

Music's been a huge passion of mine since I was really young. I started playing guitar when I was thirteen.

All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy and Paula because, you know, they've been artists.

We all like music in my family, but I'm the only one who's made it my life.

I started playing music at a pretty young age.

Playing music is just one of the best things. I can't retire.

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

I have been involved in music since 1972 when I started managing two artists from The Jimi Hendrix Band. My family has been involved in music for years, so it's kind of in my blood. I just wish I could sing!

I know girls like musicians!

I've been into music for a long time. I started playing drums when I was 8 and piano when I was 10, then bass and guitar when I was 18.

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.

I have literally been working in music just about my entire life.

All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense.

I started making music professionally when I was 14.

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 started playing when I was 5. I'm from a family of musicians.

I like pop music. Earnestly. Most of the greatest technicians, mix engineers, and players are working in pop music.

I think the future looks great for music, musicians, bass players, and all we love about music.

Being a musician is a job - it is just a really fun one!

I decided to start professionally making music at about 11. I was like, 'Okay, this is something I really want to do.'

I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.