Musician Quotes by Cy Coleman

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.

— Cy Coleman

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

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

— Cy Coleman

I used to perform all the time but I haven't performed in New York in a very long time.

— Cy Coleman

I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.

— Cy Coleman

I'm trying to get hold of them... the trouble is a lot of the companies that recorded and produced the albums went bust, so…

— Cy Coleman

So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.

— Cy Coleman

Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could…

— Cy Coleman

When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx.

— Cy Coleman

My background was in performing originally.

— Cy Coleman

We're doing a workshop over the first two weeks of December, I believe, with Graciella Daniele directing it.

— Cy Coleman

I have a bunch of albums I would love to get re-released.

— Cy Coleman