--- title: "19 Piano Teacher Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 19 Piano Teacher quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Piano Teacher sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/veronika-mittermair-285377_emotion_you-have-to-feel-otherwise-you-end-up-li_803395.jpg" --- > [“You have to feel. Otherwise you end up like the piano teacher.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronika-mittermair/you-have-to-feel-otherwise-you-end-up-like-the-piano-teacher/) [Veronika Mittermair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronika-mittermair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/veronika-mittermair-285377_emotion_you-have-to-feel-otherwise-you-end-up-li_803395.jpg) > [If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sugar/if-you-lock-me-in-the-room-with-a-piano-teacher-for-a-year-i-might-be/) [Alan Sugar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sugar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/alan-sugar-9829_able_if-you-lock-me-in-the-room-with-a-piano_3234990.png) > [There wasn't a lot of music in the home when I was growing up. We didn't have a piano or anything like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-brandis/there-wasn-t-a-lot-of-music-in-the-home-when-i-was-growing-up-we-didn/) [George Brandis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-brandis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/george-brandis-10603_grandmother_there-wasn-t-a-lot-of-music-in-the-home_1337642.jpg) > [I had kind of a mean piano teacher. I went to Catholic school, so it was like the typical thing you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/i-had-kind-of-a-mean-piano-teacher-i-went-to-catholic-school-so-it/) [Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/chris-cornell-2180_kind_i-had-kind-of-a-mean-piano-teacher-i-wen_746058.jpg) > [I have to be composed; I have to be poised. I have to remember what my first piano teacher told me: 'You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/i-have-to-be-composed-i-have-to-be-poised-i-have-to-remember-what-my/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/nina-simone-3396_piano_i-have-to-be-composed-i-have-to-be-poise_1775027.jpg) > [My mom was a piano teacher and I grew up taking voice lessons since I was 9. I started off writing melodies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-thatcher/my-mom-was-a-piano-teacher-and-i-grew-up-taking-voice-lessons-since-i/) [Sophie Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-thatcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/sophie-thatcher-5947_lessons_my-mom-was-a-piano-teacher-and-i-grew-up_2980571.jpg) > [My mom was a piano teacher. It turned into something of a competition between me and her students... I liked the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-potter/my-mom-was-a-piano-teacher-it-turned-into-something-of-a-competition/) [Grace Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-potter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/grace-potter-5627_better_my-mom-was-a-piano-teacher-it-turned-int_187938.jpg) > [When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-getty/when-my-opera-plump-jack-was-performed-in-1989-my-first-piano-teacher/) [Gordon Getty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-getty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/gordon-getty-25317_composer_when-my-opera-plump-jack-was-performed-i_2435540.jpg) > [I began to become very infatuated at the creation of my own music rather than someone else's and my piano teacher used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-sinatra-jr/i-began-to-become-very-infatuated-at-the-creation-of-my-own-music/) [Frank Sinatra Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-sinatra-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/frank-sinatra-jr-5470_creation_i-began-to-become-very-infatuated-at-the_2424375.jpg) > [I went through eight years of classical piano lessons without being able to read notes. I only have to hear a melody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-howlett/i-went-through-eight-years-of-classical-piano-lessons-without-being/) [Liam Howlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liam-howlett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/liam-howlett-60231_able_i-went-through-eight-years-of-classical_1048042.jpg) > [“Young Shostakovich-Mitya-was nine, relatively old, when he began piano lessons. His first instructor was his mother, who, when she saw his rapid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-volkov/young-shostakovich-mitya-was-nine-relatively-old-when-he-began-piano/) [Solomon Volkov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-volkov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/solomon-volkov-84553_piano-lessons_young-shostakovich-mitya-was-nine-relati_1289694.jpg) > [“Don't imagine that the art of poetry is any simpler than the art of music, or that you can please the expert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-pound/don-t-imagine-that-the-art-of-poetry-is-any-simpler-than-the-art-of/) [Ezra Pound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-pound/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/ezra-pound-1208_art_don-t-imagine-that-the-art-of-poetry-is_424629.png) > [I became really creative around the time I started understanding that people could be creative with music and that that was allowed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-angelakos/i-became-really-creative-around-the-time-i-started-understanding-that/) [Michael Angelakos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-angelakos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/michael-angelakos-39196_age_i-became-really-creative-around-the-time_797064.jpg) > [Basically, my mother is a piano teacher, and she actually teaches piano at Yamaha School of Music today. She's a really, really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/basically-my-mother-is-a-piano-teacher-and-she-actually-teaches-piano/) [Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/eldar-djangirov-34289_education_basically-my-mother-is-a-piano-teacher-a_571889.jpg) > [“My mother, who is a pianist and a fine artist, purchased a piano for me. Twice. This was back when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/my-mother-who-is-a-pianist-and-a-fine-artist-purchased-a-piano-for-me/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/c-joybell-c-471_art_my-mother-who-is-a-pianist-and-a-fine-ar_2144753.jpg) > [I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-van-halen/i-m-blessed-with-a-good-pair-of-ears-that-s-how-i-fooled-my-piano/) [Eddie Van Halen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-van-halen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/eddie-van-halen-6965_blessed_i-m-blessed-with-a-good-pair-of-ears-tha_1458304.jpg) > [I love anything that gets me outside of my own head. I love music because it's really just - I tried to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-black/i-love-anything-that-gets-me-outside-of-my-own-head-i-love-music/) [Lewis Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/lewis-black-1143_arthritis_i-love-anything-that-gets-me-outside-of_1995946.png) > [When I was eight, my piano teacher played seven or eight notes, and I sang them. She stopped and looked at me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/when-i-was-eight-my-piano-teacher-played-seven-or-eight-notes-and-i/) [Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/chris-cornell-2180_first-time_when-i-was-eight-my-piano-teacher-played_1277307.jpg) > [I started going to a piano teacher at 5 years old, but pretty soon I started picking things out on my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mose-allison/i-started-going-to-a-piano-teacher-at-5-years-old-but-pretty-soon-i/) [Mose Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mose-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/mose-allison-11837_lessons_i-started-going-to-a-piano-teacher-at-5_410106.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/piano-teacher/#itemlist", "name": "Piano Teacher Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You have to feel. 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