My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that… — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly. — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
The more I live, the more I learn The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly. So I write melodies-thirty, forty, fifty-then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the… — Michel Legrand Copy Share
Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at… — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind… — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me. — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music… — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one… — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies. — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
