Originally posted by mc9mm
So when someone comes up to you and says that he's
the best, hear him out first because he might be right!

Here's a quote to one of the best bass player ever, Jaco PASTORIUS. Jaco was manic depressive, and had an ego as big as Texas. So in his good days, he go around telling everyone 'I'm the best electric bass player on earth'. Since he went to guys like Ron CARTER to say that, you must understand people were kind of pissed off at him when he did that kind of stuff...
Well, Jaco said once 'it ain't bragging if you can't back it up'. I sometimes, as a joke, tell people that are introduced to me 'I'm Hervé, best guitarist on earth' some understand it's humor, while others think I'm just an arrogant self sufficient brat. Well, once they hear me play, they usually shut up...(I'm far from being the best, don't go thinking I believe it myself)
I believe though that some of the best musicians around are the soft spoken, discret type. They have worked on their instrument so much that they don't have lots of social skills. So they won't tell they are the best themselves.