keysvocalssax -
no harm intended!
actually, i'll tell you how i got to play with sustain pedal. it was back in my early days, of course, my old KAWAI had no sustain pedal, and i was invited to play a song at a wedding for my friends. i was very happy about it and because the pedal was there, i used it. at the end, the host musician asked me if i ever used a sustain pedal before... hehe, i realised i didn t do good.
so, after that, i started playing keyboard for the church and it was then when i learned how to use it. it takes you five minutes to get the point and after that of course longer to exercise. believe me, i played with and without pedal. is perfectly ok if you can/want to do without. is just that you miss some things, that's all.