I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely would have written more songs of my own, but I didn’t.
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Connie Francis, a famous American musician, wished she had learned to play the piano instead of the accordion. She didn't enjoy playing the accordion, and if she had learned the piano, she believes she would have been able to write more of her own songs. However, she was never encouraged to learn the piano, so she ended up playing an instrument she disliked.
About Connie Francis
Connie Francis, an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s, is estimated to have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. She was the first woman in history to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, just one of her other 53 career hits.
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