But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party. – Vanessa Carlton
Food can become such a point of anxiety – not because its food, but just because you have anxiety. Thats how eating disorders develop. – Vanessa Carlton
And its sad because its like a surprise to people – almost an anomaly – when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. Thats the last thing people think about. – Vanessa Carlton
My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldnt do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in. – Vanessa Carlton
Proverbs are in the world of thought what gold coin is in the world of business—great value in small compass, and equally current among all people. Sometimes the proverb may be false, the coin counterfeit, but in both cases the false proves the value of the true. – Attributed to D. March in A Dictionary of Thoughts: A Cyclopedia of Laconic Quot