Don Gibson Quotes

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

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.

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

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

Can't no man play like me.

I'm not saying I'm the bee's knees. But I am a legitimate musician.

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.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.

See, I'm not a very good musician.

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.

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

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

I was always good at music.

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

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

I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.

I can conduct better than I count.

Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.

I know I'm not musically talented.

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

Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.