Guy Clark Quotes

I'm a horrible musician, but I've been fortunate enough to play great songs.

The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can hope to be. And when it comes to music, musicianship and skill, there is no such thing as better or worse because so much is personal opinion, and I can see that now.

If you suck, you're gonna suck real bad, and if you play well, it's going to sound really good.

I studied percussion as a music student, and I didn't have the best of timing, so I could never make it as a professional, unfortunately.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

I don't profess to be Luciano Pavarotti, but I can hold a tune.

I do basically what a conductor does with a baton, except I also play along with the orchestra. So I have to juggle the roles of playing the concertmaster; sometimes I drop the violin and wave my arms.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

I'm an interpreter of music.

I'd rather make music if I had the talent.

Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.

I can conduct better than I count.

There's hardly anything I've ever done that's made me cringe; I've got pretty good pitch, for a start, so I'm not known for hitting bum notes.

I listen to all sorts of music, but I'm not musically talented. Everyone expects me to be a good singer or musician, but I really am terrible. I'm a great dancer, though.

The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me, the Orchestra and me and the public, between all of us and the city of New York, because Beethoven after all is a really amazing point of reference.

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.

Nick is an amazing musician. He's really focused.

I think of myself as someone who's trying to be a great songwriter and a great performer. And I mean really great.

Did you play? It sounded very good.

She was a beefy young woman and, whatever piece of music she was playing, it was definitely losing.

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

I played with the best conductors of the world.

My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

The only thing I was any good at was music.