Frankie Avalon Quotes

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.

I can't play guitar well at all, so I had to learn that.

My first couple shows, I figured I should be playing the guitar and singing. That felt weird, but I got good at it pretty quick, and I learned my songs and how to play them.

Age isn't a barrier to playing the bass, and I've definitely improved over the years, although maybe I'm not as flash as I once was. But looking back, I can't imagine a life without a guitar.

When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to take many different classes. Piano was one that I really fell in love with.

I can play the piano. I started off with lessons, and then, as we always had a piano in the house, I would play around and became quite good.

So I started to learn guitar right away.

I started playing the guitar and singing at about 11 or 12.

I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple of times and hear the song and the lyrics and sing it for you after a couple of plays.

At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

I think the education I've had as an actor I would never have had at university.

Music was something I found on my own. I got my first guitar when I was around 10, and it just all developed over time.

I think it's important to learn instruments, whenever one has a little space. Be eager to learn and love your instrument.

Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar.

I bought a guitar CD-ROM because we had a new computer, but I had no attention span for that. I spent about three hours on it desperate to be brilliant. Eventually, I got some proper lessons.

I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.

I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.

I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything.

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.

I've always considered transcribing to be an invaluable tool in the development of one's musical ear and, over the years, I have spent countless glorious hours transcribing different kinds of music, either guitar-oriented or not.

Guitar playing is just something that came to me and is really second nature now.