Glenn Gould Quotes

I really enjoy playing the piano. I took lessons throughout middle school, but I had to drop the lessons. I actually got too busy, but I hope to pick up the lessons when I'm in college if I can.

I grew up with a piano, and my aunt taught me chords. I played with bands in high school and I could do like, C chord, G chord, D chord; really simple, rhythm piano.

I'm somebody who plays the piano... sometimes.

Mother, being a pianist, told me how to play with my fingers on the piano.

The piano is the instrument I can play the most.

When you sit down and see someone play at a piano, you don't think, 'Wow - what a fantastic machine.'

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.

I'm quite proud of my piano playing. Robin's never played a note on the piano at our recording sessions. I just wish I could be appreciated musically now.

I'm not really a pianist.

We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm.

I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do!

I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it.

I don't think I could have ever had a career as a pianist because I never ever wanted to play the notes the way they were written, I was too sloppy to learn them quite right.

I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play for a year, my chops aren't going to get any worse. I've spent my time playing scales, and I don't necessarily want to play any faster than I play. So everything I do at this point is more philosophical.

I started playing piano when I was around four; that's my first passion.

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.

It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything: on the edge of my ability.

I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart.

I'm not a great piano player.

I am so happy that I didn't go to school and I didn't have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly. And what you do with music and what is the correct way to write it and what is not the correct way to write it.

I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit.

I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.

I grew up playing classical piano and percussion.

I think I'm a very poor piano player.

I took piano lessons and dancing lessons. I was very good at piano.