Lionel Yu

Learning piano playing is like mountain climbing. Each piece of music is like a mountain, with unique paths and obstacles to overcome when climbing it.

99% of pianists have never played on a narrower keyboard before, and don’t realize how staggering the difference is.

We need a general gesture or sign that says "I'm sorry I just woke up and I am rushing to get to my first meeting so I really don't have time to talk despite the fact that I would really love to in more relaxed circumstances"

Social media is specifically designed to find the most braindead, mouth-breathing opinion and blast it to the entire world for "engagement." If you're wondering why your reasonable take gets no traction, it's because you're not hateful or stupid enough to be profitable.

Teachers aren’t expensive either. You can hire a cheap teacher on sites like Fiverr for $5. However, for the best experience, get a teacher who teaches both cold/hard technique and expressive musicality.

And while you are stuck on a difficult mountain, other students have already climbed 3, 5, 10 mountains and now have the skills themselves to climb even taller mountains by themselves.

Not having a piano teacher means you spend lots of time figuring things out yourself, which means months or years spent on things that can be overcome in a few days with a piano teacher.

Having a piano teacher is like having a guide who shows you the fastest shortcuts, the most scenic paths to take, and the quickest way to scale up the mountain safely.

I'm not afraid of 1000 negative comments, but I am afraid of my brain's reaction to them.

Whenever you're faced with a difficult decision just ask yourself "Which choice will make me respect myself more?" and the choice will be easy.

In the real world, things are more valuable when they are meaningful. But on the Internet, things are more meaningful when they are valuable. This subtle difference will ultimately lead to the destruction of humanity.

The most difficult yet valuable skill in life is being able to work towards an outcome without becoming attached to it.

To do anything of value in this world you're going to make some people mad. Haters are like parasites, they can only feed off that which intrinsically has value.

If you're winning arguments on the Internet, you are losing at life.

These days, the only way you can get a thoughtful discussion going is to say something deliberately edgy, trigger a bunch of people and ignore their shitty ad hominem attacks. Town hall Elon Musk style.

The more you talk or think about something, the more you bring it to the forefront of your consciousness. Some things should remain in the unconscious for the sake of your own mental health and humanity’s health, like “red pill truths” #redpill @dr_mcgilchrist @elonmusk

In the next life, what do you want to be?

If you're ever feeling overwhelmed, just know that you are not alone. Literally everyone is overwhelmed these days and their lives are just as miserable as yours.

The truth is, MAGA bros and woke activists are more similar than they are different. They both believe that their version of the world is ideal, and seek to impose it on the rest of us. Sorry but we didn’t ask for your shitty ideas.