I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood.

As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.

— John Williams

In the early Nineties, after my first round of financial problems, I started a studio in Kensal Road in London right at the time…

— Leo Sayer

Remember, I'm someone who got fired from Disney and eight days later started the first studio in 65 years with two of the most…

— Jeffrey Katzenberg

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