I suck....

[Korkskrew]

Maybe that's taking it a bit too far, but I recently saw Ryan Martinie(Mudvayne's bass play) live, and honestly, watching that man makes me want to cut my fingers off and quit trying. I've played seven years on and off now and I bet with another seven I still couldn't match some of the best in the buisness.
Now keep in mind, I'm not going to quit, because that's not the kind of person I am, but jeez, anyone else ever get that feeling that "I'll never be that good...."

[Jacene]

I know what you mean, I play guitar and when I first started two years ago I just thought to myself "Man I will never be as good as Stevie Ray or anyone" and even now I still think that, but still take into thought how much they practice...its there job so imagen what you do for work, replace it with playing your instrument and you will be that good too.

[Evil_Gondi]

I have a superiority complex, so I don't get that feeling often, but I have felt it before.

It didn't make me want to quit so much as get better and say, "Hah!" in their face.

[Coffee]

Try watching/listening to the base player in Rush.

[Gavin Darkhart]

to be the best at something the first thing you have to do is give up pretty much everythign else there is.

back when I shot tournement archery I spent 4 hours every weekday practicing and an hour tuning and maintaining my equipment. on weekends it was 8 to 14 hours of practice saterday and sunday plus time again to tune and maintain the gear, and I still wasn't the best by any means, mostly because I had school taking up so much time I couldn't spend the 12 hours a day everyday practicing that others had available.

point being if you want to be the best you have to dedicate yourself to it. that being said, why are you typing here instead of playign your guitar?

[Dilorenzo]

Sometimes, in the dead of night, when I'm deeply engrossed in a book, I say to myself "why the hell bother writing? Your never gonna be as good as these guys."
Doesn't take long to go away- if I didn't have the occasional release of writing a page or two- of anything- I think Id go mad.

[Breandan]

Look to those better than you for inspiration.
Remember that they were once where you are, and find the journey they took to get from that point to where they are now.
Walk it with determination and hope.
And then beat them :-)

[thepigsmustdie]

I have been playing guitar for 4 years now I have that feeling I wont be as good as some others, but I have my own style and insperation and that what keeps me going. Its if you like the way you are playing and what your playing.

[Soria]

Yep, especially in cooking. My immediate family , mom, dad, and sister are all amazing cooks, and I can't make grilled cheese without burning it nine times out of ten.

[Wolf]

Seeing people a ton better than me makes me want to try harder. I am a martial artist and am interested in XMA and when I see those guys I get so pumped up and want to train so badly, today I was watching some stuff, but it was storming earlier so I can't train :(.

[Raxtull]

I played bass for a few years, spent pretty much every free moment playing along to my CD collection. I couldn't get everything (i.e. I could never even come close to attempting Primus, most of Iron Maiden, etc.) but there was quite a bit that I learned to play.

Bad thing is, I played too much. Now my wrists are a complete mess, and no doctor I've been to can even pinpoint the problem to correct it. But I can't even play long enough for one song anymore without a lot of pain, so I had to quit.

I still have my old bass and I'll pick it up every now and then just to mess around, but I've pretty much forgotten everything I could play before in the past 7 years.

[Korkskrew]

If it hurts that much I'd find a different technique. You might be too tense when you play, or keep your wrist to tight. But who knows, you may just be unlucky and have bad wrists, but in my experience, if it hurts so much you have to stop you're doing something wrong. :\

[Raxtull]

Oh, it's far beyond hurting just when I play, my wrists hurt 24/7. I've had numerous X-rays, a bone scan, and the electrical test for carpal tunnel done, all negative. No medication I've been given helps, I'm basically S.O.L. But in the past 7 years, I've learned to tolerate it somewhat so that it doesn't affect me very often.

[Da_Dude]

Sometimes, in the dead of night, when I'm deeply engrossed in a book, I say to myself "why the hell bother writing? Your never gonna be as good as these guys."
Doesn't take long to go away- if I didn't have the occasional release of writing a page or two- of anything- I think Id go mad.

DO I ever know the feeling!! It gets depressing lovign a book so much that you feel you could never out do it. Also I do archery and somtimes compared to some of the higher ranking archers I feel as though I am never going to compare. So yea that "why even bother" feeling often comes voer me but hey nothin' tried nothin' gained.

[Bebinn]

the main difference between an amateur and a pro is the pro has taken years of lessons and practices every waking moment. There is just no getting around the practicing and if you aren't taking lessons then you are basically wasting your time. Self-taught musicians are the exceptions--they are all dedicated genius level musicians who live every moment of their lives with their instrument.

[Tathaur]

I play bass guitar, been playing for about half a year now (I've been playing the mandolin for close to 2 years now though, so I'm better than most bassists my "age")..

The thing is, you have to remember that you don't know you'll never be better than these pros. If you decide you won't, you never will.

If you play your instrument, and if you enjoy playing your instrument, and, better yet, others enjoy your playing, you are a succesful musician. It's that simple.