Have I a secret about playing the piano? It's a very simple one. I sit down on the piano stool and make… — Artur Schnabel Copy Share Image
Most of the time I write my best songs just from feeling a strong emotion, so whether I'm just really angry or… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I'm not an overly skilled piano player or organ player at all, but I think I'm the right piano and organ player… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
The first reason why I started to use the [electric] keyboard is because I really like the bending sound of the guitar… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
I couldn't sleep one night, and I didn't know what to do, so I came downstairs and started playing the piano. That's… — Benson Boone Copy Share Image
I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I am surprising myself [at] each show, and the delivered piano often surprises me. Sometimes the piano is so old that I… — Volker Bertelmann Copy Share Image
My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to… — Brian Austin Green Copy Share Image
Grover wore his fake feet and his pants to pass as human. He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers's Centre Georges Pompidou of 1971-1977 - the true prototype of the modern museum as popular architectural spectacle… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Spent the fortnight gone in the music room reworking my year's fragments into a 'sextet for overlapping soloists': piano, clarinet, 'cello, flute,… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Most of the time I sit down with my guitar or at the piano, and I play for awhile until I get… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
It takes great technique, tremendous discipline and energy and practice, and damn few are capable. Art is confidence. Technique makes it possible… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
I just love to play music. I enjoy it more than anything. I enjoy it more than drinking with my friends in… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
I took music theory for one year in high school and flunked all but one six-week period. That's because I couldn't read… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
Writing is like anything - baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails. The more you work on it, the better you get.… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
You know, things kind of happen organically and, you know, Broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing and -… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
There's individual turntable setups devoted to piano, bass, drums and a set for soloing as well. We like to try and explore… — Eric San Copy Share Image
I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano… — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I'm trying to learn classical piano, Mozart and Beethoven and stuff. I took lessons when I was younger and now I sort… — Evan Peters Copy Share Image
I was aware of that theme of mortality in my music since around 2009. The decaying and the disappearance of the piano… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I spent thousands of thousands of hours playing the piano, and by thousands of hours, I mean playing in cover bands or… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
I think for me, I had a long-standing desire to orchestrate the sunrise, and never came up with the right thing on… — Suzanne Ciani Copy Share Image
Everything I do is part of my passion. I do the things I like to do. It's sort of a bigger version… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
The only instrument I know how to really play, and the instrument that I absolutely love, is the piano. I have been… — Laura Marano Copy Share Image
This world is not a platform where you will hear Thalberg-piano-playing. It is a piano manufactory, where are dust and shavings and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I am a classical fan. I like Debussy a lot, so I was trying to learn it on the piano. I've learned… — Charlie Day 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
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
One of the most memorable live performances of my career took place on the 2002 American Music Awards show when I had… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
I grew up with the Woodstock generation. I went to Woodstock, and like everybody in my school, I wanted to be in… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
I love sports. I play golf now, which is relatively new for me. I only took it up about five years ago.… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Just before I play, I like to feel that no-one has ever played the piano before, that I'm in complete virgin territory,… — Kenny Werner Copy Share Image
Love is not automatic. It takes conscious practice and awareness, just like playing the piano or golf. However, you have ample opportunities… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I… — Burt Bacharach Copy Share Image
Some acts are tricky. Eartha Kitt was tricky in a wonderful, old-style way. She did yoga on the piano and put her… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
Music is, of course, a universal emotional experience, cutting across cultures and languages. I studied piano for ten years as a child… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
God gave me a gift of singing and playing the piano, and when I do it, it's exciting, of course. But it's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“The first reason why I started to use the [electric] keyboard is because I really like the bending sound of the guitar and bass player. I can't bend the piano sound. I really like the feel behind it. I feel it adds flavour and character to my music.” quote by Hiromi](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f6b/hiromi-18591_add_the-first-reason-why-i-started-to-use-th_2897003.png)
![“I am surprising myself [at] each show, and the delivered piano often surprises me. Sometimes the piano is so old that I don't have to prepare it, and sometimes I have a concert grand!” quote by Volker Bertelmann](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/03a/volker-bertelmann-21848_concerts_i-am-surprising-myself-at-each-show-and_1913371.jpg)
