Jim Root Quotes

Heck, I'm no Henry Mancini or Michel Legrand. I just play the guitar and write songs.

I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that.

I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion.

I don't think I'm the world's greatest producer or songwriter or anything.

I ain't the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I've dedicated my life to music since I was 7 and my dad bought me a guitar and the 'Meet the Beatles' album.

I've been singing since I could talk. I started playing the piano when I was about 5 or 6. I picked up the guitar on my 20th birthday.

Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.

I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make hits, but how to make great music. Of course, part of it is his incredible talent. Who are the greatest jazz singers in the world? Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles.

I don't sing. I played guitar for a while. I'm not great, I'm not Lenny Kravitz by any means, but I do like to strum.

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else?

I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.

I do have musical background; I sing.

I had been wanting to give guitar lessons to girls because I feel like women tend to use their voice as the starting point for a song and learn a few chords, and then it ends there because then they just use their voice to flesh out a song.

I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.

I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard.

I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.

I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.

I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes.

I play a bunch of instruments.

I know girls like musicians!

I'm not a singer. I'm a musician, which is different.

I've always been interested in singing. My sister's a fantastic singer, and it's just something that's always been around. I play saxophone and guitar. I'd definitely like to pursue it, and it's something I'd like to keep going, if not as a career, then as a hobby.