My dad had a guitar that he gave me. I went to Walmart and bought a chord chart and hung it up in my room, and I was just trying to figure out how to play the guitar and put words with what I was learning.
I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
I've only ever had one doubt about music. It came when I was 11. I hated playing scales.
I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.
The piano is where everything starts and ends. Everything is based off of it. If you understand that, you wind up understanding a lot more in all other instruments. For me, it had always been something important to try and learn.
I don't really do scales... I mean, I play parts of them, but then I bail and start playing parts of other things. The term 'scale' feels very scripted to me because I'm an improv player.
I'm learning on the guitar all the time.
I cannot learn creation from other people; I've got to do it myself. Now, honestly, I regret not studying - I don't know about harmonies, or anything, so if I'm composing a song, it's really hard.
I'm not that fluid when it comes to scales and modes. I just pick up the guitar and play. It's all about exploration: just tune the guitar any way you want and start playing.
I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out.
I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value!
I just want to be a better guitar player, really.
When I first started playing guitar, I would sit in my room for hours and learn scales.
Well, I did a harmonica instruction tape for Homespun tapes.
I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.
I have no guitar technique.
