Kim Shattuck Quotes

Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when I was 11 and, at school, if you wanted to be cool you had to be in a band.

I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves.

I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.

I saw the film 'Amadeus' from when I was five, which made me want to take piano lessons.

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

My dad is my biggest musical inspiration.

I wanted to be the best guitar player in the world. And then my dad got me a portable recorder, so I started writing my own music.

I'm a great listener - I play records all the time at home. And I play guitar as a hobby. So inspiration has never been a big problem for me, but motivation can be a bit difficult sometimes.

My only passion is music.

I worked extremely hard at my craft and at being a good songwriter, being a good guitar player, being a good organist, because I didn't think people would take me seriously.

I love Mozart, but I often make a terrible hash of it.

My family wasn't involved in music, but I love music.

I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately - a song - and once I start, I have to finish it.

I learn tons of John Frusciante's licks from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm never going to play like the Chili Peppers, but I might use that if I've got a dub beat or reggae thing mixed with a soul thing.

I've always idolized people who can write songs.

I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a decent song, but it was a big struggle.

My father had a phenomenal knowledge of music; my mom's family were all musicians.

My parents have both done some music stuff. My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging.

My fourth birthday, I was given a violin, and my fifth birthday, a guitar. I didn't start to play until I saw Hendrix on TV. They showed him setting his guitar on fire and burning it for the Monterey Pop Festival.

I got into music through just being inspired by my brother and sisters. They all sing, play instruments and write - and they're very good at it.

I'm a self-loathing slide player. Some people like the way I play slide - I hate it.

I've always really been a big fan of rock music. I wanted to record rock music when I was 14 or 15, but I was too young; it would have been ridiculous.

Music's always been a big part of my life.

Few occupations pass the solitary hours more fruitfully than the playing of a musical instrument.

Santana is the reason I play guitar - I studied his style so much, I actually wore out the video tapes.