I find that in California I can't find guys that have enough energy. They play a little bit and that's about it.… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
By the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
I actually think that many of the musicians who have something meaningful to say don't win competitions. An incredible pianist like Horowitz… — Charlie Albright 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 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
If you force yourself to write away from the piano, you come up with more inventive things. If you're too good a… — Stephen Sondheim 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
My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
It's all very well having a great pianist playing but it's no good if you haven't got anyone to get the piano… — Ian Holloway Copy Share Image
I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd spend one… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
It seems that a lot of people, who haven't known of me as a pianist, think I've just started off as a… — Dudley Moore 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
I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player.… — Ray Manzarek 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… — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
My dad wanted to be a pianist. But as a working-class Italian American kid he was the first person in his family… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I was born in Memphis. There was music all around me, really deep and special music. I heard all these great masters… — Charles Lloyd Copy Share Image
My mother was a very talented pianist, and she was a music teacher who hated to teach music, actually, but she loved… — Peter C. Doherty Copy Share Image
I'm by no means a pianist. I think that's safe to say, but the piano, for me, I would say it's the… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
“He was waiting for me at the best table in the room, toying with a glass of white wine and listening to… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
A pianist practices for up to 10 hours a day. Then, when he takes to the stage, you see the harmony. Having… — Gianfranco Zola 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
I grew up in this industry. I'm a third generation actor, and I believe strongly that life and career are two different… — Alaina Huffman Copy Share Image
You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to… — David Ogden Stiers 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
My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing… — Birdy Copy Share Image
[My interest in music] is from my mother and my grandmother, who were pianists, and they taught. — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
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