Real data is messy. ...It's all very noisy out there. Very hard to spot the tune. Like a piano in the next… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Oscar Peterson is my favorite all-around pianist. There are pianists I like because of one thing and pianists I like because of… — Carmen McRae Copy Share Image
When you get to the top, don't forget to send the elevator down for the next guy. — Stan Kenton Copy Share Image
If you can't get a job as a pianist in a brothel you become a royal reporter. — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano.… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I… — Donald Bradman Copy Share Image
Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I don't record for my own glory.I mean, of course part of it is for career advancement, but more importantly, I want… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
I like Stevie Wonder as my favorite non-pianist pianist. I mean, I shouldn't call him a non-pianist, because he's really a great… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
This was solidarity. The debutante having her toenails pedicured - the housewife buying carrots from a pushcart - the bookkeeper who had… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
As all nocturnal creatures, I have a tendency to wander about during the night, embracing and relishing in its mysteriousness, unexplained sounds,… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that. — John Williams Copy Share Image
I am the pianist of the duo, although Aleksey does pretty good... you know we've written more and more stuff where he… — Richard Hyung-ki Joo Copy Share Image
My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music. — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Some experience is helpful. "The Pianist" was a film that I could make with my eyes closed because I had lived it… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think, not so much am I a pianist, but a vampire. All my life I have lived off the blood… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a… — Charles Munch Copy Share Image
I've had to ban my mum from coming to see me play. She gets so nervous before any show. I've always got… — Birdy Copy Share Image
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather. — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
I'm a concert pianist, that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment. — Oscar Levant Copy Share Image
Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
“I know a flute player is technically called a "flautist," but something about it sounds a little sketchy, as does "pianist," so… — Julie Halpern Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I feel very strongly about, it's that there shouldn't be a distinction between pianists who play Ligeti and… — Jeremy Denk Copy Share Image
