The only time I'm miserable is when I can't keep an instrument in tune.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.
The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.
Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!
As miserable as I was, once I started singing, I felt better.
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument. There's always this sound out there that's just a little bit beyond my reach and I'm trying to get there and that just sort of keeps me going.
I really don't need to suffer. I can really become a happy person and still make good music - in fact, better music.
I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.
I have to be in tune. All the time. I have to be in tune with my husband, where he is, how he's feeling. I have to be in tune with where my family is.
I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.
I confess to being a frustrated musician.
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