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I learn my songs by ear.

You have 'listeners' ears' when you're just starting out, and your 'listeners' ears' tell you what will work. You lose those ears later, when you break songs down into production elements too much.

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

I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.

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

And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.

I have a pretty good ear.

I try to listen to as much different music as possible - I've always got music blasting in my ears!

I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.

I've got a pretty good musical ear, and I can pick things up.