Richard Ernst Quotes

Music is something I do full-time in real life. I was doing music long before I was even thinking about acting.

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.

I was trying to become a legitimate trumpet player, and I had a scholarship to Eastman School of Music. I was really on my way. But I didn't take the scholarship. I got sidetracked, because when summers came around, I started playing with a rock-and-roll band.

I can contribute to the field of music, I would not have been able to contribute to the field of engineering.

I like to play music and sleep. But most of all, I love to work... I don't really play sports, so I like to spend my time playing guitar or piano.

I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for it, and I'm learning more and more every day. For me, the classic band setup - guitars, drums, bass - will stay fresh forever. I don't know. I'm still into it.

Music isn't only a profession.

I have an understanding of Queen and the way Freddie Mercury did his harmonies. I know what tablas sound like, because my father played a lot of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.

I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent in any instrument, but we always had guitars around. My dad taught me to play drums for 'Love Actually,' and I still play drums now. But I'm not a 'drummer.' I'm not a 'guitarist.' I'm trying to be a bassist.

I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear.

I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that.

I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio, but they played it on their piano. Everybody learned how to read music and how to play.

I am, by nature, a guitar player... I learned all of these other instruments around that, and around the theory that I built learning the guitar.

I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups.

I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I enjoyed it. I've always really enjoyed music.

I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano.

I decided to start professionally making music at about 11. I was like, 'Okay, this is something I really want to do.'

I think musically.

I've played piano and guitar when I was younger.

I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.

The scientist addresses an infinitesimal audience of fellow composers.

As far as music is concerned, I played music for a very long time, so I have a background in that.

I'm working on my music - I've taken a little break from it and want to get back into that.

I studied all kinds of dance, all types of music. I got good grades. I started hitting the recording studio around 13.