Books Quote by Chris Thile

I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago,…

— Donald Fagen

I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen to it,…

— Eddie Van Halen

I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple…

— Ronnie Milsap

You can learn by listening, or by getting whacked between the eyes with a two-by-four. I always found listening easier.

— S.M. Stirling

I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear…

— Pete Fountain

I was trained on piano - that was part of grade school and high school.

— Stana Katic

I play by ear - I'm self-taught. And so everything I do is through that technique.

— Sixto Rodriguez

The one Bach piece I learnt made me feel I was being repeatedly hit on the head with a teaspoon.

— Dodie Smith

By the visual pattern, but mostly I'm guided entirely by my ear, what I hear.

— Leo Ornstein

I had the chance to learn from some really talented people who have taught me a lot.

— Elaine Welteroth

I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend…

— Tom Cruise

It was like a musician playing notes. Everything we trained worked.

— Wladimir Klitschko