Piano Lesson

Famous quotes containing the words piano lesson, piano and/or lesson:

    “When you take a light perspective, it’s easier to step back and relax when your child doesn’t walk until fifteen months, . . . is not interested in playing ball, wants to be a cheerleader, doesn’t want to be a cheerleader, has clothes strewn in the bedroom, has difficulty making friends, hates piano lessons, is awkward and shy, reads books while you are driving through the Grand Canyon, gets caught shoplifting, flunks Spanish, has orange and purple hair, or is lesbian or gay.”
    —Charlotte Davis Kasl (20th century)

    “There was an old, old house renewed with paint,
    And in it a piano loudly playing.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “I remember a very important lesson that my father gave me when I was twelve or thirteen. He said, “You know, today I welded a perfect seam and I signed my name to it.” And I said, “But, Daddy, no one’s going to see it!” And he said, “Yeah, but I know it’s there.” So when I was working in kitchens, I did good work.”
    —Toni Morrison (b. 1931)