Ryuichi Sakamoto Quotes

I play no instruments.

I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.

I studied percussion as a music student, and I didn't have the best of timing, so I could never make it as a professional, unfortunately.

I play the drums really, really badly.

When I was much younger I tried to play guitar and bass first. Drums were just the easiest thing for me to play. I picked it up really quickly.

Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years.

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.

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.

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

So I suppose that means we can actually play the instruments.

I think - actually, I know - that I am, without a doubt, the world's worst drummer.

I have absolutely no musical talent of my own!

I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.

My father was in a dance band, and I wanted to do what he did, play the saxophone, but I couldn't blow a note, so he suggested the guitar. Chromatic harmonica was actually my first instrument, and I got very good at it - not quite Stevie Wonder, but very good.

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone.

My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement.

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

A musician's whole life is to listen.

I'm a terrible trumpet player.

I like to listen to my iPod and also play music. I've been doing percussion since I was eight or nine. Rhythm is crucial in long jump but also in life.

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.

How could I? I only know two tunes. One of them is Yankee Doodle. The other isn't.

I don't read music. I've never had a lesson. I don't know anything about music other than what my inner knowledge is.

My grandfather was an excellent harmonium player, and after him, I, too, trained myself and can play a few musical instruments well.