Afford Quote by Richard McCabe

My mother brought accordion home. She was going to learn to play it so she could teach it and increase her income. And I…

— Pauline Oliveros

I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely…

— Connie Francis

I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.

— Carter Burwell

I took one piano lesson and hated it and then didn't take any piano lessons until I was 18.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.

— Ricky Jay

I grew up playing the piano, but you know, as a rebellious child, I convinced myself that I hated it.

— Aimee Osbourne

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

— Robert Quine

I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.

— Jackson Browne

I played piano growing up, had lessons and all that. I still try to touch up on that every once in a while.

— Jrue Holiday

I had piano lessons when I was younger, but I quit because I didn't want to sit and learn the scales.

— Conor Maynard

In school I had piano lessons as a child for about two years.

— Melody Gardot

The accordion came from just having a desire to play music. Somehow, I have slowly taught myself.

— Mary Steenburgen