Mick Taylor Quotes

Everything I did is because I wanted to do it. If I weren't playing this arena, if I were playing a club, I'd still be doing it because that's what I want to do. I love playing the guitar.

Music is my thing. It's my thing; it's what I love. It's what I do. It's football to me; it's Christmas to me; religion to me; poetry to me.

All he wants to do is practice and that's all he does, all day long. That's what it takes if you want to change the face of music. You've gotta be committed to it.

The great love of my life is music.

Music is my passion - it's what I love and it's in my blood. You can never take me away from my work.

I lived for music since I could think.

I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

I feel like a person who has dedicated her whole life to the music she loves.

I love what I do. I love playing music.

Music is the first thing I didn't give up.

My dad bought me a guitar when I was very young, and I never looked back.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?' That's what makes me persevere, that's what makes me keep on going.

Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life.

If you really love music, people can tell if you love music. You have to just stick with it.

Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.

I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.

That's what I've tried to do: I've tried to make music that I really love.