Leon Russell Quotes

My first instrument was a little blue ukele.

I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano from a very small age.

I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio, but they played it on their piano. Everybody learned how to read music and how to play.

I grew up playing classical piano and percussion.

I was a piano player. I love piano playing. I just love all music.

I studied piano for seven years and play for my own enjoyment.

I started playing the piano when I was 6 years old 'cause my folks tried to get me away from the gramophone. And I just - I lived for music since I could think. And they got me piano lessons. So by the time I was 13, I was quite an accomplished piano player and musician.

I've always been a music fan. I played trumpet. When I was in 4th grade, we were getting demos from the music teacher about different instruments we could play, and I said I wanted to play the trumpet right away. It was easy: it just had three valves.

I keep a fiddle hooked up in the music - we've got a music room - and try to pick it up.

My main thing is music; it's what I do.

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

I went to music school, and I guess I was a difficult, know-it-all type of student.

Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.

I've always dabbled on guitar, but never took lessons.

I think it's important to learn instruments, whenever one has a little space. Be eager to learn and love your instrument.

The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.

I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.

A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know where he got it, I don't know how long he'd had it, but he knew about two chords on it. He proceeded to teach them to me, and then we proceeded to go crazy over music.

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.

I like to play music and sleep. But most of all, I love to work... I don't really play sports, so I like to spend my time playing guitar or piano.

I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my brother being one of the great masters in this world.

I would enjoy venturing into music, as I do write songs and compose music! And, of course, dance, rhythm and performance are in my blood, so eventually I see myself doing something in that area, surely!

Music isn't only a profession.

I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For me, the guitar has always been the instrument that I've played. I play a little piano. I taught myself everything by ear. I don't read music at all, which has not really been a hindrance.

I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons.