Always Quote by Hiromi Uehara

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

— Stan Getz

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

— Sixto Rodriguez

I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what…

— Tommy Bolin

Everyone tells me to play as long as you can. Sometimes, it goes in one ear and out the other.

— Gary Speed

All you've got to do is keep your ears open.

— Jaco Pastorius

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

— Buddy Guy

I'm so grateful that I can play and that I can execute what I hear in my head, because that's the tricky part.

— Alicia Keys

I've always had control of what I played on the air. I have always had very open ears.

— Donnie Simpson

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 try to challenge my ears. I get bored easily.

— Madlib

I feel like I always had an ear. I have the ability and the gift to hear a song and really play it in…

— Jeremih

I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.

— Erykah Badu