Musical Ability Quotes

I never thought I could sing. I still don't.

Being in the studio is okay but sitting in a room by yourself composing is a discipline that takes a certain type of mind set and Tommy has a great gift for that as did the previous guy.

My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums.

I'm literally tone-deaf with singing. It's unreal.

I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really.

If women vote for Liberace as a piano player--and I'm sure they do--it raises questions about their competence to vote for anything.

It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away.

I wanted to be a lead singer in a band. I can't sing. I'm almost tone deaf. I still play. Next life, rock'n'roll for sure.

I've never really considered myself a musician.

When I was eight, an uncle, great uncle, gave a violin to me, and my father took me off to have lessons. After about six weeks, the violin teacher told my father he was wasting his money, wasting his time, and wasting my time, and it's one of my big regrets.

Especially with music, people want confidence.

I wouldn't be able to act like Al Pacino or play the piano like Dr. John, But I could probably act better than Dr. John and play the piano better than Al Pacino.

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone.

I was writing lyrics since I was nine years old, so by age 15, I was feeling pretty confident about my talent.

I think Jerry Lee is sad. As a musician, he was far more talented than Elvis Presley. Everybody down in Memphis knows that. Elvis became a movie star because he was beautiful. Not that Elvis wasn't talented, but Jerry Lee Lewis was incomprehensibly talented as a musician.

Perfect pitch is genetic. It's 100% genetic.

I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.

I don't think I'm a good-enough songwriter.

When I was young, I had a beautiful singing voice.

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students.

God has blessed me with the in-born talent for which I pour my heart out in the form of music.

I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.

I could play everything but could never take a lead. My brain just doesn't work like that.

A gentleman is a man who can play the banjo, but doesn't.

My big brother still thinks he's a better singer than me.