Pat Mastelotto Quotes

It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music.

I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.

Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

I lived for music since I could think.

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.

Music was what bothered me, what interested me.

I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats.

I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Anne Murray - if I hear something really great... I want to be a part of it.

The great love of my life is music.

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

Music is a nice friend to have around, whether it is just for yourself or for other people. If you can enjoy it, being professional is almost secondary.

While I was into many different types of music, and played with many different local groups, I really didn't have a band to call my own until Dire Straits was formed in 1977.

Every day I feel different about music, but what never changes is my love for it.

Music is a continual learning process. One finds new insights all the time. For me, it began at a very early age; from the beginning, there was something besides the notes.

I guess from 12 onwards I was always into my music.

It's funny, because music is one of those things it is natural to go into. You hear it so much growing up, it kind of permeates you and eventually you spew out some music of your own.

From an early age, I was infatuated with music. I always loved it and was always dancing or playing something.

I don't come from a musical family at all, but I realized early on I was a musician. I started begging for a piano when I was 6 years old.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

Soccer presented no challenge to me. Playing felt like breathing: I always had a magical connection to the ball. But it didn't feel like an adventure. Music was more of a challenge and, in the end, felt more interesting.

I'm not losing the wonder in playing music.

I wanted 'Second Sky' to be my way of recommending truly good music to my audience that I think is worthy of their time.

With so many genres, music is so diverse, which is why it is an exciting thing to do in life.

I see music as a lifetime affair.