“She always wanted to be the kind of person who could play the "Moonlight" Sonata. She buries her failure in this, as… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
Music has influenced everything from my tattooing to how I talk to how I walk, I guess. I was classically trained in… — Kat Von D Copy Share Image
So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet… — Luc Ferrari Copy Share Image
No one can get really drunk on a novel or a painting, but who can help getting drunk on Reethoven's Ninth, Rartok's… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
He's a seminal force, a guru, an original creator of the New Orleans piano style.. the teacher of great players like Fats… — Jerry Wexler Copy Share Image
After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
I was always involved in the arts from a young age. I started studying classical piano at age four as a student… — Monica Raymund Copy Share Image
It is long been a principal of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Our whole dream for our home was for it to be an artist's haven. So there are paint supplies; there's a piano… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
We're in a digital age where it's cool to be on your iPhone all the time. All of out-of-school activities my daughter… — Ludacris Copy Share Image
As an example, there is a Japanese composer / singer whose name is Tanimura [Shinji]: he has composed a song entitled entitled… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
If I want to be moved by the track, I don't want it to be sequenced, I want it to be somebody… — Eric Benet Copy Share Image
My music teacher was like, "Ester, you need to pay attention in class." I'm like, "No miss lady, 'cause I can sing."… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
“I rouse Emily to our guests, as she finishes off our fifteenth snowman by setting the head atop its torso. She stands… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
I always liked major-key music quite a bit, and that might have something to do with so many of the musical experiences… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
The Beatles, even Radiohead, all of my favorite stuff I'd play on the piano. But it was all very secret - for… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
I often wonder why girls who do get into music tend to be just singers, or else play the piano. And if… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
Dad would come home from doing odd jobs, and sometimes he'd come home late at night with lumber, and he'd rumble around… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When we see a broken piano, we still press its keys to see if it is playing, and this is called hope!… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor… — James Young Copy Share Image
It's just about being an entertainer; it's about having all those tools over the years to do all sorts: films, musicals, playing… — Bradley Walsh Copy Share Image
If I get frustrated, the first thing I'll do is get up from the piano - completely mindlessly - and walk over… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in… — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
I love my music, so I want to produce, write, and serve my music. I've had to learn about EQ frequencies and… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a "real teacher" for me. But… — Birdy Copy Share Image
I came from a really musical family. I studied classical piano because my grandparents were piano teachers, but started doing musical theater… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I don't let the children watch TV on weeknights. They practice playing musical instruments instead. Both my sons play piano, drums and… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
On playing guitar: I can play piano by ear, and some guitar. But I definitely havent mastered either instrument. I do it… — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
When you hear composer, you think, like, Beethoven: guy in a powdered wig, at a piano, furiously scribbling on manuscript paper. That's… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I just found the piano so fascinating and wonderful, and I begged my parents to buy me one. In the end, they… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
Beauty doesn't have to be about anything. What's a vase about? What's a sunset or a flower about? What, for that matter,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I feel like people are now praying for some authenticity and some human touch to music. There's no simpler outlet to that… — Mura Masa 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
“Sometimes it's very interesting, those things that are very important to you, when they first appear in front of you, you resist… — Yixing Zhang Copy Share Image
I'd studied piano first and switched over to cello when I was about seven. I played mostly chamber and solo classical music.… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
![“As an example, there is a Japanese composer / singer whose name is Tanimura [Shinji]: he has composed a song entitled entitled "Kazeno Komoriuta" and I have recorded my piano adaptation of this song and honestly I couldn't expect that it would be so difficult and challenging for me to perform my…” quote by Richard Clayderman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fdb/richard-clayderman-27290_adaptation_as-an-example-there-is-a-japanese-compos_3010506.jpg)
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