Simon Helberg Quotes

Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal.

Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am.

The Doors were never that good as musicians.

By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical talent.

I'm not a complete moron like most musicians whom I've met.

Can't no man play like me.

I'm not saying I'm the bee's knees. But I am a legitimate musician.

Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's been my buddy way, way, way back. Dizzy is one of the most astute guys and one of the most learned guys in the world and knows exactly what he's doing musically.

So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

I practice on the acoustic guitar a little bit, but I think I have reached the peak of my talent.

I was a lucky kid. You could have got 10 kids to be in The Byrds who were better than I was.

I can play a lot of different instruments adequately but nothing really well.

Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on.

I'm musical in the sense that I can write a song, but I realised when I was learning the piano as a child that there were people who played it so much better.

I don't really admire musicianship per se - as is obvious from my own playing.

I despise people who revel in the ignorance of not being able to play their instrument.

The only thing I was any good at was music.

I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.

I'm a slow learner. When people are so talented or facile at picking up an instrument and playing covers, like Yo La Tengo, I admire that. But I could never do that.