I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my taste was far greater than my ability. — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
Well, I think the first piece of music I ever heard that I really loved was 'Salome's Dances' by Richard Strauss. I played that… — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
I heard a young black pianist. He was a teenager, I was eight years old, and he was playing boogie-woogie, and he just knocked… — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
I write a melody and then change it and change it until I get it the way I like it. — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my taste was… — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by… — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
It wasn't until 'Smokey Joe's' came out that I actually got to step out from behind the curtain and meet our 'fans.' — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies. — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices. — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
