James Taylor Quotes

I still don't know how to read music.

Yeah, I can read music and I know the names of chords.

Truth of the matter is, I can't even read or write music.

I just can't read music.

I don't read music, which is a shame, actually, and I shouldn't even speak of it because it's embarrassing, but it's true.

To the best of my knowledge, none of the Beatles can read music.

I can't sight-read classical etudes - I would have to see it and learn it. But yeah, I can read. It is a wonderful tool. It's like speaking another language. Anyone that says reading music can hurt your playing is either stupid, lazy, or ignorant.

I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

I have never learned to read or write music so I am not a virtuoso musician like the others you mentioned. I am completely unable to play like them because I never learned classical music, I just developed my own crazy style!

I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.

I've never known how to read music in my life.

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 front of me.

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.

I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.

Maybe one day there will finally be an education for electronic music.

I never learned to read music.

It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.

I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.

I learned to read music before I learned to read script.

I learned to read music when I was 10 and did piano and took lessons.

Reading music has opened up me up so much. I've been experimenting for so long and trying to make sense of things just from my ears. It takes forever. Now I can get where I want much quicker.

I think every singer should get a formal training in music.

I'm not a trained musician.