Stanley Clarke Quotes

I think every singer should get a formal training in music.

I've been playing the bass guitar for almost twelve years and fretless for about nine, so I've got quite a bit of mileage in my hands already.

Studying music in a conservatory would be stifling for me, although I respect people who can do it. And by no means am I an expert at notating music or music theory - that's not really my world.

And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were to actually see really good players play up close. That gives you an idea of fingering and technique and what not.

Around age 11 or 12, I started playing jazz bass. From there, I went to electric bass and then guitar, which I kept up for a long time.

I consider myself a bassist first.

I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

I never went to music school.

I learned tabla for three years when in school, then started picking up the basics of the acoustic guitar when in college.

I could talk about technique, theory and gear for days!

I studied jazz in college. I studied music history, and I have a degree in music engineering.

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

I'm not a classically trained composer, and I can't sing very well.

I started making music... I guess I was 12, and I started playing 'Guitar Hero.' And you know, it got to a point where on expert, you can only exceed to a certain point. And so, you know, I was like, 'Let's play real guitar. Let's not waste more time.' So, I got my mom, I told her to buy me a guitar for Christmas, and I started making music then.

I'm not a very technical musician at all.

With guitar, bass and drums, you've got limited horizons.

I think I've been playing bass for as long as I've played guitar, and I love them both.

I'm not a trained musician.

I have a crazy background in music, both as a performer and writer.

I can play piano, classical flute, guitar, bass and I'm OK on drums.

I keep a fiddle hooked up in the music - we've got a music room - and try to pick it up.

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

I would be involved with music whether I had a career or not. I'm always going to be writing songs and recording them.

I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.

I would love to have a go at a band or some form of music one day.