I went to the Conservatory, studying piano and singing, up to high school - but I only did four years because I… — Elena Roger Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated with sound, since I was a little kid when my mother Dorothy Dean took me to my first… — Mike Dean Copy Share Image
I remember when I finally figured out how simple one aspect of singing was, and I looked at my voice teacher and… — Dolora Zajick Copy Share Image
Life's a piano. White keys represent happiness & the black keys represent sadness. As life goes on you realize the black keys… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
“One note sounds nice on a piano, but when more than one note is pressed at the same time. It sounds more… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
…"the sound of a barrel organ rising from the deepest golden vein of the day; two or three bars of a chorus,… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
I learned to play piano in a rock n' roll context or band context from country records - you know, Floyd Cramer… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom… — Charlie Worsham Copy Share Image
The greatest thing about my house was that I was in the far end of it and I could make as much… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusations afterward at the piano… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I was born with God-given gifts of very talented musical ability and exceptoinal physical coordination. I always needed prodding to practice piano,… — Otto Graham Copy Share Image
People don't tend to notice, but in the past 10 years especially there's been a lot of growth in how I write… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
To be honest, I don't really consider myself a prodigy. Learning the piano, I have encountered some difficulties. There are many challenges… — George Li Copy Share Image
When you want genuine music -- music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I mean you're given all these lessons for the unimportant things--piano-playing, typing. You're given years and years of lessons in how to… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
However, it [singing] wasn't until halfway through high school that it dawned on me that singing wasn't just a hobby, it was… — Kina Grannis Copy Share Image
I just wanted to release an album of piano music for music's sake. I'm not expecting to sell millions of albums. It's… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
A lot of my approach to the instrument, especially as I've gotten older, is to treat the piano in ways that are… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
“Without missing a beat I continue to play our black Baldwin Acrosonic spinet piano and say, “Not now! Mommy and Daddy are… — Carole King Copy Share Image
Music and musical instruments were proximal to my life from very early on - I took piano lessons for a brief time,… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
During the couple of years it took to write 'At The Bottom of Everything', I decided, on the sort of hopeful whim… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've… — Jerry Hunt Copy Share Image
If you force yourself to write away from the piano, you come up with more inventive things. If you're too good a… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band.… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I'm told I was acting in school plays when I was a tiny little boy at the age of three, so they… — Christian McKay Copy Share Image
People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I don't take much from my own father, because he was a very austere, quiet, private man who would come home from… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
When I'm playing live, I'll rip out a ballad from my album, and I'll play that solo on the piano, which feels… — Daya Copy Share Image
The family story tells, and it was told true, of my great-grandfather who begat eight genius children and bought twelve almost new… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
In my son's kindergarten, they're telling us how to get him into Stanford. By their advice, I'm doing everything wrong, because I'm… — Sebastian Thrun Copy Share Image
I was bookish and awkward and wanted a means of expressing the millions of emotions flying around inside me. The piano seemed… — Sue Perkins Copy Share Image
Everyone's life would be improved if they do could one great magic trick. And tell one great joke, play one tune on… — Harry Anderson Copy Share Image
I did take composition lessons when I was in high school, so I wrote piano pieces. I wrote some chamber music. I… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
Writing music is very, very clinical. You just sit down at a piano, map out a theme and when all the technicalities… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
“You hear lots of notes, don’t you? Some have a major sound. Some have a minor sound. But there’s not one blue… — David Mutti Clark Copy Share Image
I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You can play Bach on the piano, a symphony orchestra or a quartet of saxophones, but let's stop this silly, childish business… — Paul McCreesh Copy Share Image
The thing is, I'm not really a great pianist at all. But if God said I could either sing or play piano,… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
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