Otis Blackwell Quotes

If you're a musician, there's no instrument that can be withheld from you. If you're drawn to it, develop the talent for it.

Music is such a big part of my life.

When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as much as I did. But after learning a few songs of other people's to play on the guitar, I got bored with that and just started writing songs on my own, and that's kinda how it came about.

I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak.

Making music is fantastic.

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

I was always into music and stuff, so I would always make songs since I was little.

I started playing guitar when I was eight. Well, I started piano and really liked it but never practiced, but it taught me how to read music, and then my mom signed me up for guitar lessons, and I connected to that way more.

I started playing on my grandmother's organ at a really young age. I learned 'Chopsticks' and that kind of thing, but I didn't really start picking it up and start taking it super seriously until I was probably about 13, 14.

I started writing music around 20 years old.

Do you know it took me 27 years to understand the C major chord on the piano?

Singing and playing have always gone hand-in-hand with me. I love 'em both equally.

I had learned classical guitar when I was a kid, and I embraced it, and apparently I got good at it.

I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.

I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.

I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.

I definitely think of myself as a musician first.

When I picked up the guitar for the first time, it opened up a whole new world for me. I became obsessed with writing and playing.

I've made music since I was a kid so I've always gotten joy out of that.

My dad actually taught me how to play piano. I was classically trained, but I've started to branch off a little bit into blues and jazz. That's my new thing.

I really enjoy playing the piano. I took lessons throughout middle school, but I had to drop the lessons. I actually got too busy, but I hope to pick up the lessons when I'm in college if I can.

I started with the guitar around 12 years old but didn't learn the banjo until I was about 18 or 19.

Music to me is something I did as a hobby.

I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration.

So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.