These hands are steady enough, but they are large. Had he…

and for a moment he held out his hands as if to steady himself or as if to bless the ground there or perhaps…

— Cormac McCarthy

“It didn’t take him thirty seconds to have a swig of vodka and a hefty sniff before his hands were as steady as a…

— Matthew Bracey

I find that in California I can't find guys that have enough energy. They play a little bit and that's about it. They play…

— Pharoah Sanders

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have…

— Nina Simone

My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist.

— John E. Walker

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

“To wake up one day and be Steinway and Glen in One... Glen Steinway, Steinway Glen, all for Bach.”

— Thomas Bernhard

I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot…

— Cy Coleman

I would also like to mention pianists like Michel Petrucciani or Chick Сorea for whom I have great admiration in the jazz field.

— Richard Clayderman

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

— Richard Clayderman

Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

— Oscar Wilde

A mission that comes from the heart to promote these things and to encourage composers to write, then of course they should do it.…

— Marc-Andre Hamelin

I want to act in a film like 'The Pianist.'

— Rahul Dev

My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to…

— Gloria Estefan

My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring…

— Grace Jones