Firsts Quote by Dewey Redman

Technique plays a part - you have to know how to play.

— Jack White

Technique is the main thing when it comes to success at the top level. The sound temperament comes into work only when you have…

— Shikhar Dhawan

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

— Sixto Rodriguez

In scoring, I usually start with a sound or group of sounds, searching out what feels right.

— Jim Coleman

The music has generated all the techniques I use. When I sit down to learn to play something . . . it is not…

— Pat Martino

I never really know what I'm playing. I just follow what sounds good in my head and keep going.

— Daniel Powter

Every once in a while I'll find a new way of playing something, it will suggest itself. But generally speaking, there's a set sonic…

— Z'EV

I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or anything that helps me to…

— David Gilmour

I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play.

— Mark White

To me, the object of practicing is to allow you to play what you hear. But you're always hearing new things, so you never…

— David Sanborn

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

— Michael Korda

I like to play totally by ear, knowing the basic structure, of course.

— Stan Getz