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I used to play the piano by listening to it - like Chopin pieces, when I was, like, a little kid - and then the minute my parents got me lessons to read music, I couldn't do it anymore.

— Eliza Coupe

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.

— Dick Dale

I played piano, I learned a lot about music.

— Maximilian Schell

I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple of times and hear the song and the lyrics and sing it for you after a couple of plays.

— Ronnie Milsap

My father left his piano at the house when he left, and I wasn't allowed to play it when he was there because I wasn't as good as him. So when he left, I was determined to get as good as him, and I taught myself how to play music, and I just stuck with it, and I did it all the time.

— Prince

When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie.

— Taj Mahal

I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've always wanted to play the piano. It's the only instrument I've ever really liked, and it's the only one that's ever interested me.

— Jerry Hunt

I studied piano for seven years and play for my own enjoyment.

— Janet Yellen

✗Opposing Perspectives

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

— Bobby McFerrin

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

— Kiana Tom

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.

— Valerie Simpson