Taylor Hawkins Quotes

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

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

Anybody can be a drummer.

I've played drums in bands since I was 16.

I was always good at music.

I don't feel like I'm very good at making music.

I'm a horrible musician, but I've been fortunate enough to play great songs.

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

The only thing I was any good at was music.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

Especially with music, people want confidence.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.

In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.

The only thing I'm really, truly good at is music - I just love it.

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.

I think I had a knack for music, but I think what I was more sort of talented at more than anything, because I don't think I'm a great singer, I think that I grew up imitating different voices that I heard.

Stand-up comedians say that anyone in the audience can be funny, but people paid to see us because we're just a little bit funnier. In the same way, I think anybody can play music - in fact, I think everyone has music in them, but some of us can do it a little better.

You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.

I wrote music. I was in a hardcore band when I was 14, and I wasn't good enough to play anyone else's songs, so I had to write my own.

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

Nick is an amazing musician. He's really focused.

Composers are very individual creatures.

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