"I took piano when I was very young, but my mother made me quit because I wouldn't practice. Then, after not really touching a piano for fifty years, I started taking lessons again. I'll never forget my first recital. The other students were between 6 and 14 years old, and there I was, 56 years old. I was probably the worst one there except for maybe the ten-year-old who cried and refused to play at all. I've taken lessons for five years now and have had two or three recitals every year. I don't have any illusions that I'm going to perform at Carnegie Hall, but I didn't want to regret forever that I hadn't learned to play. I think it's important for people to know that if you haven't done something and you've always wanted to do it, you still can, as long as you are drawing a breath."
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