I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
My dad wanted to be a pianist. But as a working-class Italian American kid he was the first person in his family… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I… — Donald Bradman Copy Share Image
I don't think I could have ever had a career as a pianist because I never ever wanted to play the notes… — Jerry Hunt Copy Share Image
I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player.… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
I was a piano performance major at USC. I left before I graduated because I realized at some point I wasn't going… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
I heard a young black pianist. He was a teenager, I was eight years old, and he was playing boogie-woogie, and he… — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
As a pianist, our particular role is to enter a piece and its logic and create a particular interpretation from our understanding.… — Rafal Blechacz Copy Share Image
My mother was a very talented pianist, and she was a music teacher who hated to teach music, actually, but she loved… — Peter C. Doherty Copy Share Image
“He was waiting for me at the best table in the room, toying with a glass of white wine and listening to… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I'm by no means a pianist. I think that's safe to say, but the piano, for me, I would say it's the… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
A pianist practices for up to 10 hours a day. Then, when he takes to the stage, you see the harmony. Having… — Gianfranco Zola Copy Share Image
I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I was born in Memphis. There was music all around me, really deep and special music. I heard all these great masters… — Charles Lloyd Copy Share Image
You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to… — David Ogden Stiers Copy Share Image
I grew up in this industry. I'm a third generation actor, and I believe strongly that life and career are two different… — Alaina Huffman Copy Share Image
A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano.… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing… — Birdy Copy Share Image
I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I… — Keith Emerson Copy Share Image
I've had to ban my mum from coming to see me play. She gets so nervous before any show. I've always got… — Birdy Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he… — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
