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> [I never like to play for myself, and that is why I don't own a grand piano. To play for yourself is like looking at yourself in a mirror. I like to practice; that is to work at a task.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hephzibah-menuhin/i-never-like-to-play-for-myself-and-that-is-why-i-don-t-own-a-grand/)

Hephzibah Menuhin

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## More by Hephzibah Menuhin

> [Freedom means choosing your burden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hephzibah-menuhin/freedom-means-choosing-your-burden/)

Hephzibah Menuhin

> [I never like to play for myself, and that is why I don't own a grand piano. To play for yourself is like looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hephzibah-menuhin/i-never-like-to-play-for-myself-and-that-is-why-i-don-t-own-a-grand/)

Hephzibah Menuhin

> [All of us are displaced. Few people live where their great-grandparents lived or speak the language their great-grandparents spoke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hephzibah-menuhin/all-of-us-are-displaced-few-people-live-where-their-great/)

Hephzibah Menuhin

> [Sometimes, when I play music, I feel as if I am giving life. ... It isn't just notes on the paper anymore: you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hephzibah-menuhin/sometimes-when-i-play-music-i-feel-as-if-i-am-giving-life-it-isn-t/)

Hephzibah Menuhin

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