“I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to.” KindWantedPracticeOne ThingDisciplineLessonsVery GoodDuesPianoSchedulesTorontoInstructorsPiano Lesson Author:Geddy Lee
“Nine Inch Nails was an experiment with me in discipline. I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything. Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100 percent, because I had never reached true failure.” TryingPlayEasyDisciplinePercentI RealizedNineExperimentsPianoInchesNailsSchoolwork Author:Trent Reznor
“It takes great technique, tremendous discipline and energy and practice, and damn few are capable. Art is confidence. Technique makes it possible to achieve artistic greatness, but doesn't guarantee it. The great piano artists are not the ones who are best playing Clementi exercises.” ArtArtistEnergyPracticeAchieveGreatnessDisciplineExerciseCapableArt IsTechniqueArtisticDamnPianoGuarantees Author:Dirk Benedict
“Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.” WellsPlayPracticeDisciplineActivityPiano Author:Dallas Willard
“Meditation takes discipline, just like learning how to play piano. If you want to learn how to play the piano, it takes more than a few minutes a day, once a while, here and there. If you really want to learn any important skill, whether it is playing piano or meditation, it grows with perseverance, patience, and systematic training.” IfsWantImportantPlayGrowsMeditationMinutesDisciplineSkillsTrainingPerseverancePianoHere And ThereSystematicPlaying Piano Author:Jack Kornfield