Kristian Nairn Quotes

There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am.

The only thing I was any good at was music.

Can't no man play like me.

I play guitar... I like to say that I'm pretty good, but it takes someone else to tell you that you're really good.

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

I was a lucky kid. You could have got 10 kids to be in The Byrds who were better than I was.

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

I don't really admire musicianship per se - as is obvious from my own playing.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.

So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.

My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.

See, I'm not a very good musician.

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can hope to be. And when it comes to music, musicianship and skill, there is no such thing as better or worse because so much is personal opinion, and I can see that now.

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal.

I know I'm not musically talented.

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.

Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical talent.

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.

I'd say I'm really, really good for a 16-year-old, which is where I peaked. I'm impressive, but not classically trained, not a concert pianist.