Read Music Quotes

43 quotes by 40 authors

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory. — Ray Charles
The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over. — Maynard Ferguson
A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it. — Thomas Beecham
Though the structures and patterns of mathematics reflect the structure of, and resonate in, the human mind every bit as much as do the structures… — Keith Devlin
A lot of people think that if they learn to read music they are gonna lose their feel or their groove or something. It's the… — Frank Gambale
My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician — Ethel Merman
You don't have to have a terrific voice or know how to read music. The only requirement is that you enjoy singing, fun and fellowship.… — Dick Miller
I never had any lessons. When I first started playing I used to read music. I was very interested in music. But when I started… — John Bonham
We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound. — Zoltan Kodaly
My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV. — Damon Albarn
The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we never played with… — Eubie Blake
All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, 'Isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs instantly without being… — Eubie Blake
I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For me, the guitar… — Steve Kazee
Yeah, I can read music and I know the names of chords. — Dave Navarro
I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to… — Chad Smith
I never learned to read music. — Norman Spinrad
I just can't read music. — Kate Smith
I had gone to Oxford to read music. I had done music all my life, but when I got to college I didn't want to… — Sophie Kinsella
When I was first aware that I couldn't read music I didn't know I couldn't read because I could play the music that was in… — Dave Brubeck
I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear. — Erykah Badu

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40 authors contributed a total of 43 Read Music Quotes, led by these top contributors: