Billy Connolly says he can no longer use his left hand to play the banjo as a result of his Parkinson's disease.
The legendary comedian was diagnosed with the nerve damaging illness in 2013 and now says he shakes too much to play his instruments.
However Billy, 79, says he tries to get a sense of perspective about his condition by thinking about sick children who cope with theirs.
He told Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2: "I try not to feel sorry for myself. I do it by thinking of children who are sick, and they handle it, so the least I can do is get on with it.
"I have good days and bad days. I had a bad day today, when I was coming on the way here, I was walking like a drunk man, but it’s cured itself so I’m quite happy.
“It’s a peculiar disease, it strikes when you least expect it."
He added: "My left hand is no use to me anymore, so I don’t play my instruments anymore."
In ITV documentary, My Absolute Pleasure, Billy talks about being unable to play the banjo these days. .
He told Steve Wright he has had to adapt and said: "I just get on without them. You have to give up things. It picks on you, it picks on the bits you like and gets rid of them."
He also said in the documentary: "I have to behave in a certain way so my children don't think I'm a dead loss. I want them to think, 'He does well with what he's got'."
