Lola Kirke Quotes

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

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 have absolutely no musical talent of my own!

I despise people who revel in the ignorance of not being able to play their instrument.

The only thing I was any good at was music.

The Doors were never that good as musicians.

I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good!

I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes.

If I started at 13, by the time I was 14 I was already good enough to play in front of people. I started off playing drums when I was 5, so playing in front of people didn't matter - not a problem.

To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.

See, I'm not a very good musician.

I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more instruments.

I really practiced hard and got to a certain level of technical proficiency. I overcame some of my limitations. I was a hard-working, dedicated bassoonist, but I have to say I'm not a natural musician.

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.

You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.

If I had spent a quarter of the time that I spent manipulating my sexuality in front of a piano instead, I would be the most gifted piano player of my lifetime.

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

Genetically, I have tons of musical background in my life. My mother's father was a famous Weimar-era composer, Ernst Toch. My father's mother was the head of the Vienna Conservatory's piano department. It all canceled out in my case. I'm completely hopeless in music.

I've always been that way. I'm not very good at reading music but I'm pretty quick at picking things up.

Only one of my grandchildren is serious about a musical instrument. The others dabble in it.

I started playing mandolin when I was three or four years old because I was too small to be playing guitar. As I got older and more responsible with holding instruments, I was allowed to play my mom's guitar that she had.

It was such a wake-up call going to music school and being one among so many that are really good at singing.

As soon as I figured out I didn't know anything about music, I was OK. It's when I thought I could learn something that I was in trouble.

There's no musician who just wakes up one day and decides, 'This is what I want to do.' It takes some development.