Teddy Wilson Quotes

Professionally, I want to keep playing music; I can't escape that.

I'm not a huge practicer, which is probably not a good thing because my band definitely needs to practice.

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.

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.

I'm very fast on teaching guys. Like, when I came over here, I only had two rehearsals with the band. I wondered when I first got here... but it sure came up great.

I can conduct better than I count.

Classical music is always a really great way for me to get my chops to where I want them to be.

I've played drums in bands since I was 16.

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

I practice every day and that kind of stuff to maintain my musicianship.

You just can't walk into a venue, sit behind your drums, and expect to play a great show. It'll never happen.

I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.

Part of being in a band is getting better.

Music is what I do pretty much all the time. I'm always in the studio. I'm always rehearsing for shows. Always doing shows.

I love my band. I love to play. I love to write.

I gravitated towards Jim Ward, because I knew he was totally into the work aspect of being in a band.

Any musician in any band - for a really good band - you know your part in the band.

My singing teacher said it would take three years before I could sing well enough to be accepted as a professional. They were wrong. It took me five years.

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. How do you get away from it? Improvise.

By the time I got to the Paris Conservatoire I was very good at the scales and arpeggios.

If you want to be a musician, study your craft. Study music.

I always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be a professional musician, and that means you have to feed yourself with the instrument.

What I consider a challenge is to prove that I am worthy as Journey's new vocalist.

I have two best friends - the dancer and choreographer Bobby Newberry and my former bandmate Kimberley Wyatt.

Every week we have a concert, what we are performing is my favorite music in the world.