Joey Jordison Quotes

You can work on music a few lifetimes.

I wanted to be known as a better musician more than anything.

I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

Age isn't a barrier to playing the bass, and I've definitely improved over the years, although maybe I'm not as flash as I once was. But looking back, I can't imagine a life without a guitar.

Music is, of course, a universal emotional experience, cutting across cultures and languages. I studied piano for ten years as a child and consider that experience one of the most valuable in my life.

I remember when I was little, my mom asked me, 'Would you like to play the violin or the piano?' I looked at that giant monster and said to myself - I am not going to lock myself on that bench the whole day. This is small and lightweight. I can play from standing, sitting or walking.

I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.

Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.

People don't understand what music really is. I've been a musician since I was 6 years old. I got my first piano, was playing recitals at 8, 10 I picked up a guitar, 12 I picked up my first Pearl Master drum set. I was an artist before I was an 'artist.'

I'm a slow learner. When people are so talented or facile at picking up an instrument and playing covers, like Yo La Tengo, I admire that. But I could never do that.

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano.

I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

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

I think it's important to learn instruments, whenever one has a little space. Be eager to learn and love your instrument.

Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.

Great music is great music, period.

From a young age, I was encouraged to sing, dance and learn folk and popular songs in Spanish.

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.

Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse, the most iconoclastic, the most maverick, and the most skillful.

Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of the fact that one life is not enough to improve just one single note of what has already been written and performed.

I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling.

I started playing piano when I was around four; that's my first passion.