--- title: "20 Recital Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 20 Recital quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Recital sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/sugar-babe-56934_being-myself_life-is-just-a-recital-better-remember-a_1626723.jpg" --- > [Life Is Just A Recital, Better Remember All That You Practice. - Mac Miller ¥](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugar-babe/life-is-just-a-recital-better-remember-all-that-you-practice-mac/) [Sugar\_babe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugar-babe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/sugar-babe-56934_being-myself_life-is-just-a-recital-better-remember-a_1626723.jpg) > [“For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello. And for this one, they gave me you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gayle-forman/for-my-first-recital-ever-they-gave-me-a-cello-and-for-this-one-they/) [Gayle Forman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gayle-forman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/gayle-forman-312_cello_for-my-first-recital-ever-they-gave-me-a_2806428.png) > [“There's nothing worse in the world than a poetry recital.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bukowski/there-s-nothing-worse-in-the-world-than-a-poetry-recital/) [Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/bukowski-72766_poetry_there-s-nothing-worse-in-the-world-than_747941.jpg) > [I wrote my first song when I was four, and I played it at my piano recital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-hart/i-wrote-my-first-song-when-i-was-four-and-i-played-it-at-my-piano/) [Beth Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/beth-hart-7281_first_i-wrote-my-first-song-when-i-was-four-an_2799563.jpg) > [“You cannot run, you cannot hide…~Soul Angels, The Recital”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamala-warren/you-cannot-run-you-cannot-hide-soul-angels-the-recital/) [Pamala Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamala-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/pamala-warren-267952_quote_you-cannot-run-you-cannot-hide-soul-ange_1007157.jpg) > [The guitar was not treated very seriously as a concert recital instrument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/the-guitar-was-not-treated-very-seriously-as-a-concert-recital/) [Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/julian-bream-9656_concert_the-guitar-was-not-treated-very-seriousl_1429901.jpg) > [I don't do much relaxing. When I'm not giving a recital I practise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/i-don-t-do-much-relaxing-when-i-m-not-giving-a-recital-i-practise/) [Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/julian-bream-9656_giving_i-don-t-do-much-relaxing-when-i-m-not-gi_1772135.jpg) > [“No matter how you are taught by your teacher about how to recite a poem, it is impossible to wear your teacher's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/no-matter-how-you-are-taught-by-your-teacher-about-how-to-recite-a/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/israelmore-ayivor-79_change_no-matter-how-you-are-taught-by-your-tea_1343395.jpg) > [If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryn-terfel/if-you-have-a-recital-to-do-you-have-to-memorize-the-songs-i-never/) [Bryn Terfel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryn-terfel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/bryn-terfel-33356_audience_if-you-have-a-recital-to-do-you-have-to_3098929.jpg) > [Some people take pleasure in regaling one and all with details of their poor health. They are happy to give an organ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-landers/some-people-take-pleasure-in-regaling-one-and-all-with-details-of/) [Ann Landers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-landers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/ann-landers-2605_complaining_some-people-take-pleasure-in-regaling-on_2172902.png) > [I may play the same program from one recital to the next, but I will play it differently, and because it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/i-may-play-the-same-program-from-one-recital-to-the-next-but-i-will/) [Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/vladimir-horowitz-18996_always_i-may-play-the-same-program-from-one-rec_1256420.jpg) > [Dad loves my stuff. No matter how many times my voice cracks or I miss a tap, he doesn't care. He's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-deluise/dad-loves-my-stuff-no-matter-how-many-times-my-voice-cracks-or-i-miss/) [Peter DeLuise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-deluise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/peter-deluise-58010_businessman_dad-loves-my-stuff-no-matter-how-many-ti_1003563.jpg) > [When life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-thompson/when-life-takes-me-on-a-new-journey-i-simply-remember-the-smile-my/) [Andrea Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/andrea-thompson-46125_ballet_when-life-takes-me-on-a-new-journey-i-si_2602647.png) > [One of the loveliest things about being grown up is the knowledge that never again will I have to go through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-bracken/one-of-the-loveliest-things-about-being-grown-up-is-the-knowledge/) [Peg Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-bracken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/peg-bracken-12080_adulthood_one-of-the-loveliest-things-about-being_987745.png) > [I went to dance class as a girl because I didn't like sports, but I never did a dance recital in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-grey/i-went-to-dance-class-as-a-girl-because-i-didn-t-like-sports-but-i/) [Jennifer Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-grey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/jennifer-grey-14639_because_i-went-to-dance-class-as-a-girl-because_702149.jpg) > [“Tuning must come first. Each recital begins with a careful tightening of the pegs on the cross-bar, twisting them in their socket…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-wroe/tuning-must-come-first-each-recital-begins-with-a-careful-tightening/) [Ann Wroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-wroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/ann-wroe-46385_lover_tuning-must-come-first-each-recital-begi_2728865.jpg) > [I have a 4-year-old and a 14-year-old, and think I missed a recital and a graduation, and they were like 'It's OK…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-quinn/i-have-a-4-year-old-and-a-14-year-old-and-think-i-missed-a-recital/) [Kimberly Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/kimberly-quinn-35342_day_i-have-a-4-year-old-and-a-14-year-old-an_2600105.jpg) > [I remember when I gave my first recital. I thought, 'Oh, my goodness, people are coming to hear me.' I didn't expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-hahn/i-remember-when-i-gave-my-first-recital-i-thought-oh-my-goodness/) [Hilary Hahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-hahn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/hilary-hahn-4503_family_i-remember-when-i-gave-my-first-recital_1513316.jpg) > [And then Adam Wilde shows up at Carnegie Hall on the biggest night of my career, and it felt like more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gayle-forman/and-then-adam-wilde-shows-up-at-carnegie-hall-on-the-biggest-night-of/) [Gayle Forman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gayle-forman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/gayle-forman-312_adam_and-then-adam-wilde-shows-up-at-carnegie_840401.png) > [“he would like to see some changes made to the way these events are organised. “The audience can be tense and I’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fergus-muirhead/he-would-like-to-see-some-changes-made-to-the-way-these-events-are/) [Fergus Muirhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fergus-muirhead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/fergus-muirhead-43924_change_he-would-like-to-see-some-changes-made-t_578293.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/recital/#itemlist", "name": "Recital Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life Is Just A Recital, Better Remember All That You Practice. - Mac Miller ¥", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sugar_babe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugar-babe/life-is-just-a-recital-better-remember-all-that-you-practice-mac/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/sugar-babe-56934_being-myself_life-is-just-a-recital-better-remember-a_1626723.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/sugar-babe-56934_being-myself_life-is-just-a-recital-better-remember-a_1626723.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/sugar-babe-56934_being-myself_life-is-just-a-recital-better-remember-a_1626723.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life Is Just A Recital, Better Remember All That You Practice. - Mac Miller ¥” — Sugar_babe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello. 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