I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse. — Washed Out Copy Share Image
Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar. — Kathie Lee Gifford Copy Share Image
I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught. — Blackbear Copy Share Image
Self-taught are those without formal education. Most self-taught artists have missing ingredients to their work. — Billy Cannon Copy Share Image
I'm completely self-taught. I absolutely don't believe in art or film schools! — Tom Six Copy Share Image
Are any of us self-taught? It just means I didn't go to school for it. But you do have teachers. You have… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I play by ear - I'm self-taught. And so everything I do is through that technique. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I studied computer science and graphic design, yeah, so music was self-taught and a backburner thing, an obsessive hobby. — Tycho Copy Share Image
When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Some of our best writers are self taught. Screenwriting is a combo of craft and art. The craft part can be taught,… — Sriram Raghavan Copy Share Image
I'm a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument. I would always just sort of pick… — Adrian Grenier Copy Share Image
It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
Most of my favourite guitarists are self-taught, because in a way there's less of a reverence for the instrument itself, so you… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
My dad was a self-taught stride piano player. The myth is - I don't whether it's true or not - that he… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to… — Maximillian Degenerez Copy Share Image
Persons without education certainly do not want either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I'm self-taught. But I finally learned that they was having little shows or night dances or whatever you call them at little… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I can't describe it in words, but I can see it in my head, its color, its light, its shapes, and I've… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character.… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
My reading was good enough to play big-band charts, but I ran into trouble with Claude (Thornhill)'s theme song "Snowfall," which had… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy. I don't look for skill in art...Skill… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
None of us older writers had gone through such a school. We are all self-taught. And, of course, there is always, in… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“Now it is true that I could have learned without a teacher, but it would have been risky for me, because of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Well, I didn't go to Julliard or anything. I'm basically self-taught. When I was younger, I wrote folk songs on a guitar… — Kemp Muhl Copy Share Image
