Paul Gilbert Quotes

I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know where he got it, I don't know how long he'd had it, but he knew about two chords on it. He proceeded to teach them to me, and then we proceeded to go crazy over music.

I think it's good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear.

I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

When I wanted to be a music teacher, I wanted to help people through voice. Now, I get to help people out through song.

I love music with everything I have, and when I am in a front of a classroom talking about music sometimes someone will ask me a question and it reminds me to really think about something, to really feel something.

To teach is to learn twice.

When I was a teenager, I learned to play the trumpet. Music became my passion.

You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.

I love to sing. I'm learning guitar right now.

I wanted to be a teacher.

My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.

People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop.

Those who care, teach. Those who love, teach. Those who can, teach.

In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.

I love working with children, and I love music.

When I went to college, it became more of a hobby, and that's when I think I got the realest music education. It wasn't something that I had to do. It wasn't an obligation.

I value teaching. It's one of the places I get inspiration, engagement.

My dad played in so many places, so I got to learn from so many other guys and they get to teach me.

What I think it really means is: I'm a teacher. I am a teacher. I teach all the time, as you do and as all of you do-whether we know it or not, whether we take responsibility for it or not. I hold nothing back because I want to see that light go off. I like to see the children say, 'I never thought of that before.' And I think, 'I've got them!'

I love to play music. I'm terrible at it, but I love learning about it .

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.

Singing and playing have always gone hand-in-hand with me. I love 'em both equally.

And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.

I have always been into music. That's my number one passion.