Food and wine. Decide which is the soloist, which the…

I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. I actually was…

— Kirsten Nelson

I looked at the job of piano accompanist. It's a selfless position and generally they are odd people, according to opera singers I talked…

— Simon Helberg

I did not want to be the accompanist to an operatic star. But I was at a very high level for a 16-year-old, and…

— Simon Helberg

I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.

— Kirsten Nelson

It's really fun to listen to other people and be an accompanist.

— Shawn Colvin

My dad had even hired an accompanist to play for me on a piano. But he had never pushed me to music because I…

— Kim Basinger

I was deeply impressed and moved by his masterful playing. He was highly polished, profound, subtle, and intense. He was extremely fluent in a…

— Pete La Roca

The majority of my training was as a drummer, and drummers are basically accompanists.

— Z'EV

But it's always really difficult to find someone that has the qualities to be a great accompanist.

— Victoria de los Angeles

Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.

— Victoria de los Angeles

One of the features of being a piano player is playing as an accompanist for other people.

— Leon Russell

Being an accompanist is very selfless in many ways because you're really just trying to elevate the singer and help them shine, ultimately.

— Simon Helberg

I always thought of myself as more of a rhythm player than a big soloist.

— Rick Nielsen

I don't regard myself as a soloist. It's a color; I put it in for excitement. It's not great loss if a solo has…

— Angus Young

My first review in NOW Magazine - I played one machine, so I went to a soloist night, where everyone else played acoustic guitar.…

— Peaches