Stevie Nicks Quotes

I had more of a vocal range. If you wanted to play a keyboard song, like "Love Walks In," I can do it.

A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's attention for two hours.

I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.

In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.

I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.

Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!

I'm a terrible trumpet player.

I played guitar when I was a kid a little bit. I can tool around with a guitar, but I'm certainly not a musician.

I'm very interested in music, but I was not born musical. I honestly do think some people have the knack. I can't play an instrument. I'm a terrible singer. I'm not about to launch my album!

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

For whatever reason, all my friends are musical wizards and in great bands, but yeah, it really skipped over me. It's one art form that I can just sit back and appreciate and no have thoughts on. If I watch a movie, I always think, 'Oh, I'd have done this.' But with music, I can just sit back and think, 'All right, this is great!'

You have a natural groove inside of you, but the more you practise, the more comfortable you will be with your instrument.

The piano is the instrument I can play the most.

I want to show everyone what a good rock 'n' roll band we can be.

Playing to a decent standard sometimes isn't enough.

I'm not a trained musician.

You can go on YouTube now and see young kids with massive technique. There's literally eight and nine year olds who can play amazingly. There's no limit to where you can take it.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can.

Practice? I never practice. I just write songs and take solos.

We went to see Lenny Kravitz last summer in Austin and he was awesome. His show was just awesome. I mean, like, when you see some of these great bands, you sit there and think, man, if only we were that tight, you know?

The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although) I don't know, man; I'm not great at any of them.

She was a beefy young woman and, whatever piece of music she was playing, it was definitely losing.