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title: "9 Piano teachers Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/music-is-indeed-the-mediator-between-the-spiritual-and-the-sensual/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [The honest truth is that it was just traumatizing with the piano, with the authority of the piano teacher, getting rapped across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-zimmer/the-honest-truth-is-that-it-was-just-traumatizing-with-the-piano-with/)

[Hans Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-zimmer/)

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> [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/)

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> [I come from a musical family. Mom was a piano teacher for a large portion of her life, and Dad is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-cox/i-come-from-a-musical-family-mom-was-a-piano-teacher-for-a-large/)

[Gerard Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-cox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/gerard-cox-69262_dad_i-come-from-a-musical-family-mom-was-a-p_1946903.jpg)

> [I have a piano in my living room that I mess around on a little bit and when I asked Len if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/i-have-a-piano-in-my-living-room-that-i-mess-around-on-a-little-bit/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

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