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Metaphysicians are musicians without musical ability. -- Rudolf Carnap
Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. -- Roger Moore
I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people. -- Marina and the Diamonds
Unless you had a popular video on YouTube or could perform shows in front of thousands, musical ability meant nothing. -- Nicholas Sparks
I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. -- Shinichi Suzuki
I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience. -- Simon McBurney
I love 'Guitar Hero' because I love music, but I have no musical ability whatsoever. So I love a game that makes you feel like you're a rock star. -- Marisa Miller
I consider my musical ability to be a gift from the Creator. It's not that I try to work hard or nothing like that, it's a gift, it was given to me, and I appreciate it. -- Erykah Badu
The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique -- Mick Taylor
The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique. -- Mick Taylor
I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don't have a great ear. It's like a tragedy - I can see so much more natural musical ability in so many other people. -- Bo Burnham
To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability, but from her capacity to link her fantasies of freedom and immortality with ours. -- Jon Landau
Rather than relying on my skills, the musical ability of my band or the technical expertise of our production team, I want to learn to rely on the leading of the Holy Spirit. Only then will our churches come alive in worship. -- Tim Hughes
Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop musical ability just as all children develop the ability to speak their mother tongue. The potential of every child is unlimited. -- Shinichi Suzuki
I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs the actor as well because it gives me a sense of timing that non-musicians don't have. So, one hand washes the other. -- Theodore Bikel
I took a break, stretched, tried again, failed, kicked over the music stand (I am not proud of that), and wonder whether I had reached the limits of my musical ability. Maybe I'd never had any. Surely someone with a modicum of talent wouldn't have to work this hard. -- Rachel Hartman
I think at times the very strong feelings I have about my country coincide with my musical ability, and I'm able to actually turn it into music, a song or even hopefully a memorable song, sometimes. You may find it surprising, but I'm a very intense, proud American. I love being an American. -- John Fogerty
We often say that psi is like musical ability: it is widely distributed in the populate, and everyone has some ability and can participate to some extent - in the same way that the most nonmusical person can learn to play a little Mozart on the piano. On the other hand, there is no substitute for innate talent, and there is no substitute for practice. -- Russell Targ
I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasn't particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention. -- Doug Stanhope
And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry. -- Lynn Johnston
I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesn't do it in musical terms, he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him. -- Trevor Rabin
If I was a carpenter, and I was trying to maintain my father's musical legacy, then I guess it would be a burden because it wouldn't be natural to me to be dealing in music when my natural ability is in woodwork or whatever. But because my natural talent is also music, it kind of makes it much easier. -- Stephen Marley
Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time. -- Alan Alda
Jazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from diverse musical styles. -- Andrew S. Gilbert
I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasnt particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention. -- Doug Stanhope
God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability... the musical gifts I have... the great opportunity to meet new people. -- Patrick Henry Hughes

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