Breaks out guitar Sheeran is accused of violating Marvin Gaye's copyright for 'Let's Get It On' from 1973 for his hit 'Thinking Out Loud"
Ed Sheeran put his musical skills on display in a New York federal courtroom Thursday.About an hour into his testimony, Sheeran's lawyer, Ilene Farkas, asked him how he came to write "Thinking Out Loud," the song that's the subject of a lawsuit, a decade ago.
Sheeran reached back, grabbed his guitar from a rack behind the witness stand and explained that writing a song was second nature to him. Sheeran claimed he wrote 10 songs last weekend.
Although the musician has won his share of awards, he leaned back and told the jury, "I’m not the world’s most talented guitar player."
He hit the microphone, apologized to the jury and began singing "Thinking Out Loud."
"When your legs don’t work like they used to," he began. Sheeran sang a few more bars before abruptly placing his guitar back on the rack. And his attorney advised the judge it was a good time to adjourn for the week.
On Thursday, Sheeran explained how he became interested in music after joining a church choir with his mother when he was 4.
Sheeran appeared self-deprecating as he told his story, saying: "I can't read music. I'm not classically trained in anything."
An unexpected medical emergency interrupted testimony in the copyright infringement case.
Plaintiff Kathryn Townsend Griffin collapsed in court while one of her expert witnesses was being cross-examined.
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