Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well…

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

— Victoria de los Angeles

I don't get too much work to begin with, and whatever I get is mostly not good enough.

— Dimple Kapadia

My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley.

— Victor Hugo

There is much good work to be done by every one of us and we must begin to do it.

— Wendell Berry

I thought,when I was reaching for my dream of making it to WWE, that once I got here, life would be perfect and easy.…

— Natalya Neidhart

I must always have a clear image of the form of a work before I begin. Otherwise there is no impulse to create.

— Barbara Hepworth

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 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

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

— Leon Russell

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

— Shawn Colvin

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

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 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

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

— Michael Broadbent