[My interest in music] is from my mother and my grandmother, who were pianists, and they taught. — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
I don't think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, there is… — Artur Schnabel Copy Share Image
Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer. — Placido Domingo Copy Share Image
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I'm one of those pianists who tends to ignore every existing recording and lots of traditions about playing pieces when I start. — Jeremy Denk Copy Share Image
“The notes I can handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes-ah, that is where the art resides.” — Artur Schnabel Copy Share Image
Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players. — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it.… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
I applied, and I got in as a pianist. Their idea in the music department was that pianists, if they were good… — Zeena Parkins Copy Share Image
Today, Lan Lan is one of my favourite classical pianists… Years ago I had a great admiration for Arthur Rubinstein but I… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
There used to be a club in new york called Bradley's - I've never been there, it closed in the 80's -… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I picked up some wonderful things just listening to other pianists that I appreciate, and that would be Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson,… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Some pianists seem to really remember the keys and not so much the notes they play. They want to learn until it's… — Carlo Grante Copy Share Image
“I'm really very sorry, but it is not my fault. People are so annoying. All my pianists look exactly like poets, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Pianists of extraordinary talent, such as Christina Petrowska,spend a large part of their early lives perfecting technique…Miss Petrowska,a Canadian with a phenomenal… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
Concert pianists are really afraid to try out the Beethoven Fourth Concerto if the Third happens to be their specialty. That's the… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Whenever I record something, I always believe that it's worthy of inclusion in the pantheon, and I would certainly like pianists to… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I feel very strongly about, it's that there shouldn't be a distinction between pianists who play Ligeti and… — Jeremy Denk Copy Share Image
“Concert pianists get to be quite chummy with dead composers. They can't help it. Classical music isn't just music . It's a… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“If the composition's imperfect, why would so many pianists try to master it?' 'Good question. I have no great explanation for it,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I have a good friend, Rudolf Serkin, the pianist, a very sensitive man. I was talking to him one day backstage after… — Andrew Wyeth 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
As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music,… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
I used to play on Phil Spector's records, and he liked to use three pianists. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many asses and so many virtuosi. — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
I would also like to mention pianists like Michel Petrucciani or Chick Сorea for whom I have great admiration in the jazz… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
On my mom's side, the Jewish side of the family, I come from a family of musicians who are pianists, so I've… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a… — Anton Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I really don't know whether any place contains more pianists than Paris, or whether you can find more asses and virtuosos anywhere. — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise… — Jon Pareles Copy Share Image
Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players. — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
I dont think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes--ah, there is where the… — Artur Schnabel Copy Share Image
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I don't record for my own glory.I mean, of course part of it is for career advancement, but more importantly, I want… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
Well, no. I believe that it's not at all impossible that some of the performances that I've heard so far by some… — Leo Ornstein Copy Share Image
Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
A mission that comes from the heart to promote these things and to encourage composers to write, then of course they should… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
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