Eddie Vedder Quotes

I've played the guitar since I was 12, and just taught myself songs chord by chord.

I don't sing. I played guitar for a while. I'm not great, I'm not Lenny Kravitz by any means, but I do like to strum.

I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.

I played guitar since I was 9 years old, drums since I was 11.

I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone.

I've always dabbled on guitar, but never took lessons.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

I think it's important to learn instruments, whenever one has a little space. Be eager to learn and love your instrument.

I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.

I was 16 when I started playing. I borrowed a friend's acoustic guitar, and I had a Beatles chord book. I just taught myself that way.

I play guitar, piano, and I'm learning to play the drums.

I tried to learn the violin for a while.

In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions - one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.

I've written my own music, and I play guitar.

When I was six years old, Mom and Dad gave me a guitar for my birthday, and Daddy taught me the chords to 'You Are My Sunshine.'

Music was my first love, and at Marlborough we put bands together and sang the pop songs of the day. Although I couldn't read or write music - I still can't - I taught myself to play the guitar and piano by listening to songs and working out the chords.

I started playing violin when I was about five years old and I learned to read a little bit of music, but that's all been long, long forgotten! I actually quit violin to teach myself guitar and just went from there.

I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.

I was feeling really restless in my hard-rock band. I wanted to learn more about storytelling in music, and that's what country music is.

I like to play the ukulele, but I'm not, like, awesome at it. I mostly play the piano and the guitar.

I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.

I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.

I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me.

I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.

I started playing the guitar and singing at about 11 or 12.