Billy Bob Thornton

Like in music, you can learn to play guitar.

You can learn to play piano.

You can learn to play drums.

No, I'll take that back.

You can get better at playing drums, but if you're not born a drummer, you're not going to be able to do it.

My brother, God rest his soul, who passed away at 30, Jimmy, he was a brilliant musician, played every instrument in the world.

Except when he got on my drums and he looked like he had some muscular disorder.

It was like, he was just like, he goes, how do you do this?

You use all both legs and both arms.

That's crazy.

You can play everything else.

Everything.

And he just couldn't play drums.

Drummers can get better and they get to be experts, but the thing in music that you can't teach is feel.

You can't teach a vibe or a feel to people.

Eric Clapton could play a lick on a guitar, give it to another guy,

He plays the same exact lick.

It's going to sound different just because of their feel.

I mean, Levon Helm, who was a friend of mine, you know, played drums with the band.

He and Richie Hayward, who was with Little Feet, Frank Beard and ZZ Top, you know, especially on their earlier records.