I started by ear and ended up getting a terminal degree in composition and performance on the classical guitar.
The graphic staff is bipartite; horizontal=rhythm, vertical=pitch. Piano has one location for each note, the guitar has many positions for a note, thus harder to sightread. I never got too good at it.
It is good to read but not essential unless you want to teach.

Sounds good! I learned piano by ear with a few months of lessons to get me started. I can read music but not well enough to sight read while playing. It takes me a long while to learn from sheet music.

Work on learning all your triad chords, and how to invert them (putting the tonic first, second or third). Notice how you can switch between chords a lot faster with only 2 or 3 hand positions if you use the second or third inversions. Learn the way chord construction works to modify those triads into minor, diminished, augmented, m7 and M7. Work on hitting octaves in the bass notes while playing those chords (you might already be doing that, you’ve got a good full sound there). Work on rolls of notes in the bass (for a C chord for example hit C-G-C in the bass, rolling upwards with your pinky, first finger and thumb. Or for a longer bass roll in a slow song try C-G-C-D-E-G by reaching over your thumb with the middle finger for the D, first finger on the E and thumb again for the last G if that makes any sense. That pattern can be shifted to any key and you’ll only have to hit black notes for an A, B, D, E or a chord that was already sharp or flat to begin with.) Look up some YouTube lessons on how the circle of 5ths works (for individual notes, chord progressions, and also song keys). Those are the main things I remember from lessons that made it click for me. Good luck!

Kind of sounds like "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera.

The day my dad put the cheat sheet for our piano away was the last day I could play. Some of us just struggle figuring out those lines and dots.

People do not realize that learning to play the piano is really hard. Here are a few hints. 1. It is the space between the notes that gives you the harmony. Count the first note and the end note to identify the interval. Start with the seconds, sometimes called "steps." There are 2 kinds of "steps:" whole steps (there's a note in between) and half steps (no note in between.). If you like, I'll continue with this method I have devised and get you playing.

You're in good company - Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Eddie Van Halen , and I'm sure lots of others , can't read music either !

Nice piece , by the way.

Very good!!! Well, keep insisting and practicing and you'll be able to do good things.

Have you looked into composition programs on the computer? You can easily change keys etc.

Sounds like the basis for good a composition...keep at it.

hubba hubba dude

Yeah man.. That's a classic progression that's been used in so many hits it aint even funny. Now put an original melody to it and come up with a good hook and you've got another hit. The first one that popped in my head was Home Sweet Home by Motley Crue. Hell, it's even in the same key..

Looking forward to your next post.