When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost… — Otis Blackwell Copy Share Image
My parents didn't have records, they didn't have radios, and they didn't listen to music. My grandmother was my main connection to… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
I was always a happy kid. I'd play the piano fairly well. I did all sorts of things fairly well. But who… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
I didn't want to look back in 10 or 20 years and say, 'Yes, I always wanted to write that piano sonata… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
The more I got into presenting things to the world, the further it was taking me away from what I was, which… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
As a piano player, if 10 is concert level, I'd put myself at a 5 or a 6, but in a completely… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
We have home movies of Chris playing the piano with Will on his lap. One of the things that made my life… — Dana Reeve Copy Share Image
When we get together in the studio, music just comes out. I'll pick up the guitar, my cousin will come in and… — Skip Marley Copy Share Image
Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Dad, once an aspiring architect, drove his own catering truck to feed factory workers in downtown Los Angeles, and mom, with a… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
My place in London is very small, so a piano would take up a third of the room. I leave home in… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint,… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
You know, it’s the same thing as the question of free will and destiny, the question of creativity - you, the artist,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“A piano is like no other instrument, or any item for that matter, you will purchase. As a musical instrument it should… — Marty C. Flinn Copy Share Image
The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my… — Lesley Gore Copy Share Image
Never have your wallet with you onstage. It's bad luck. You shouldn't play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I play piano, and I was really, really obsessive about playing piano in high school. I don't know if that's nerdy, but… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
I took piano lessons and I wanted to play drums when I was six. Luckily enough, my parents let me have a… — Rex Orange County Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can sit at my computer and find a cool sound, or a new synth patch, and get super-inspired by that… — Kygo Copy Share Image
I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because… — Connie Francis Copy Share Image
Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn't hurt to celebrate the piano and… — Nils Frahm Copy Share Image
I was a staff songwriter for Combine Music Publishing in Nashville for seven years. I'd sit around with a groups of friends… — Michael Bacon Copy Share Image
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I hear melodies in my head, Find little notes in my bed, Ive got songs tangled up in my hair, I see… — Kiara Copy Share Image
I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out… — Alicia Witt Copy Share Image
The first thing that I put in my apartment was a piano. I bought one for $50, and it was a lifesaver… — Katherine Langford Copy Share Image
It [piano lessons] wasn't a priority, but it was an interest and through that I became acquainted with classical music, which was… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
By the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
It was quite impossible to describe. Here is what it looked like. It looked like a piano sounds shortly after being dropped… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I do have a way of playing piano where it's very melodic and emotional, but then often it's great if whoever's singing… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
The first dramatic experience I had of music was when I was five. The electricity had gone out in Georgia, and my… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
My hobbies are playing piano and guitar, pining for girls, worrying about climate change, pining for girls, and the poetry of John… — James Veitch Copy Share Image
I grew up with a piano, and my aunt taught me chords. I played with bands in high school and I could… — Cristin Milioti Copy Share Image
I'd been playing the piano since I was 6 and wanted to be a composer, but I also wanted to be an… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
By the time I was six or seven-years-old, I had learned several techniques of how to use my voice and was able… — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
Once, somebody asked Robert Schumann to explain the meaning of a certain piece of music he had just played on the piano.… — David Markson Copy Share Image
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