Quotes About Talent

I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; she was such an idol to me.

I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I was five. But I left when I was 11.

I grew up playing classical piano and percussion.

I can play the piano. I started off with lessons, and then, as we always had a piano in the house, I would play around and became quite good.

I'm the oldest in my family and do play piano.

I play guitar, piano, and I'm learning to play the drums.

When I was a kid, I played the piano for six years, and all my family are musicians.

There's always been a piano around the house, and I've grown up around it. It's a massive part of my life and always has been.

I don't come from a musical family at all, but I realized early on I was a musician. I started begging for a piano when I was 6 years old.

My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five.

You wouldn't expect a cattle dealer to sit down at a grand piano and play it beautifully. That's my father.

I started playing the piano, pretty much on my own, when I was 5, and I started writing music when I was 7. In fact, I won a composition award. It was a crummy little piece, but I won with it.

I've always written songs. I'd come home from school and play piano for hours on end, just banging around.

I played piano, flute, and guitar.

I draw and play the piano badly. But when I'm doing those things, I'm concentrating so hard there's no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.

I did ballet, piano and all that - my brother did martial arts, my passion.

When I was starting out in this business, that was the norm. You did it all. You looked around, and entertainers could dance, sing, play the piano, act, make you laugh.

My mother started me on the piano when I was 3 years old.

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

I wanted to play the piano.

Music is something that I've been passionate about. I play the piano and sing, but I always knew that it was never going to be my bread and butter. I was very interested in acting.

Everyone at school knew I wanted to be a singer. I'd always be banging on the piano playing my new song. The teacher would gather us round, and the whole class would listen.

My father was a musician and wanted me to study piano. I had no interest.

I sometimes write songs on the piano, even though I don't actually play the piano. I always hire someone to play for me whenever I decide to sing a song I have written on the piano. My song 'Rosa' is one.