I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs... and good ones.

I can play piano by ear, and some guitar. But I definitely havent mastered either instrument. I do it for fun as a hobby.

— Ashley Tisdale

I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear.

— Kevin Richardson

To play your colors by eye is worse than playing the piano by ear.

— John French Sloan

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

— George Thorogood

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

— Townes Van Zandt

I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano

— Fiona Apple

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. My mother is an Evangelist and I used to play the piano…

— Nina Simone

Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting.

— Trent Reznor

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning…

— Carla Bley

I don't go out much. I have people over, and I cook dinner, or we play the piano, or we watch TV.

— Tituss Burgess

I just like playing music and doing it with people that I care about. It doesn't really matter where. It's like, 'Why don't we…

— Josh Klinghoffer

I can kind of play the piano and I've got a drum kit which I've been meaning to learn. And I am going to…

— Rhod Gilbert

I really wish I could play the piano really well without having to practice.

— Christopher Miller

If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.

— Jimmy Cliff

I wanted to play the piano.

— Gretchen Carlson