It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention.… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I learned to play by ear before I learned music theory. For me, that makes sense. After all, children learn to speak… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I'm maybe too rude with myself but the fact is that I don't know music theory so I can't tell myself "it's… — Marilou Copy Share Image
The pleasure we obtain from music comes from counting, but counting unconsciously. Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic. — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
I met my wife when we were both 19 or 20, at a music school where she was taking voice and piano… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
Many musicians are fabulously skilled at playing the black dots on the printed page, but mystified by how the dots got there… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
I had a drummer in my band who started teaching me tricks to come up with interesting rhythms. Because I don't come… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I was guided into piano lessons and 'guided' is a nice way of saying 'forced.' I don't regret it, but I think… — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a musician, 100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory, I did… — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
I've never really been schooled in music theory. I'm a guitar player, and I attack the guitar in a certain way that… — Wes Borland Copy Share Image
I am just fascinated by music and I want to know how to identify all the things I love about it; to… — Finneas Copy Share Image
Any talk of 'craft' makes me laugh. My music looks outward; it does not gaze upon itself in admiration. Artisanal is for… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
I took music theory in high school and dropped out halfway through the semester because it was ruining music for me. — Blake Judd Copy Share Image
“Music theory, then, very simply, could be defined as a search for how and why music sounds right or wrong. In other… — Michael Pilhofer Copy Share Image
The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about… — Flea Copy Share Image
“My teacher, Ben Johnston, was convinced that our tuning is responsible for much of our cultural psychology, the fact that we are… — Kyle Gann Copy Share Image
... sound is what drives my solos, not verbal concepts, I never think 'I'm going to use a Lydian Dominant scale and… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
My first ambition in life, I made up my mind I was going to become Miles Davis. I studied music, music theory.… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
The thing is, when you're kind of creatively self-employed, your brain just kind of chooses the path of least resistance, so if… — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image
I took music theory for one year in high school and flunked all but one six-week period. That's because I couldn't read… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
We must see that music theory is not only about music, but about how people process it. To understand any art, we… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
