Mark McKinney Quotes

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.

Everybody on our cast is very musically talented, except for me.

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.

Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

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.

The Doors were never that good as musicians.

I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician.

See, I'm not a very good musician.

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

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

I'm not a complete moron like most musicians whom I've met.

You have to be very strong to play my music. The drummer has to be in great shape. Same with the guitarist. You have to be a monster to play with Chubby!

I wouldn't even go spend the night at a friend's unless they had a piano. But I didn't have the chops, the extraordinary talent, to be able to play the piano professionally.

Of course I want to play every game, but only 11 can start.

It's up to the coach to decide who is in the best shape to play each match.

I like people who can write and sing, and play an instrument.

They say that when it comes to the depth chart, it can change any day and that we dictate how the depth chart goes. If one person has a great day, he might be going with the 'ones.' If a person slips up a little bit, he might be going with the 'twos' and 'threes.'

If you are not playing a player, any player, for two, three, four games, then you don't have to give a reason for that. But if it gets to eight or nine games, then you have to explain the situation. What's going on?

As a drummer, I'm rhythmically so disabled that it's hilarious.

We've always been fans of groups like Little Feat, Steely Dan, the Eagles, or Dire Straits that have that quality. Bands that sometimes are perceived as not the 'cool' band, because they're so good in a technical sense.

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

Chris Paul, president of the NBA Players Association, can lead an entire league but can't lead his team when it really counts.

A lot of coaches might yank you after the first couple shots don't go in.