I played piano for a lot of my childhood and stupidly…

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

— Carly Simon

In fact although I have studied in a Conservatory the classical piano, I do not consider myself a classical pianist.

— Richard Clayderman

My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical background and…

— Phillipa Soo

Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades…

— Daniel Breaker

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

— Carla Bruni

“Formerly, in my attempts to isolate this talent, I deducted, so to speak, from what I heard, the part itself, a part, the common…

— Marcel Proust

When I was young, I played the piano and studied classical music and jazz. I wanted to be a concert pianist, and if I'd…

— Christopher Plummer

I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was my limitation…

— Anthony Hopkins

The first thing I learned was the 'St Louis Blues' when I was eight. Both my grandmothers, my mother and uncle played the piano.…

— Jools Holland

Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining…

— Jayma Mays

I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio,…

— Linda Ronstadt

I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life.

— Dianne Reeves

Involve yourself every day. Work hard and figure out how to love acting all day, every day. It's getting into a made-up situation and…

— Jeff Goldblum

I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends - and…

— Andrea Bocelli

My dad sung and played piano. But he was also a man of God. He was a minister. So when Sam Cooke would come…

— Merry Clayton