There's a pianist out of Boston who made a beautiful record for the Fresh Sound label called 'Sketch Book'; his name is… — Brad Mehldau Copy Share Image
Allow some warm-up time each day to stimulate your creative flow. A pianist does keyboard exercises. A gymnast stretches. An artist needs… — Nita Leland Copy Share Image
To play the piano is to consort with nature. Every mollusk, galaxy, vapor or viper as well the sweet incense of love's… — Russell Sherman Copy Share Image
Many in Hollywood viewed the public persona of the young Debbie Reynolds as demure and vulnerable to be a complete facade. Pianist… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
Even if you are a pianist, your concerto repertoire is very limited compared to what your chamber repertoire would be if you… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
Some pianists seem to really remember the keys and not so much the notes they play. They want to learn until it's… — Carlo Grante Copy Share Image
Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer. — Placido Domingo Copy Share Image
I began ear training when I was about six months old. My mother was a concert pianist, and she started all of… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racing car not called a… — Steven Wright 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
I really don't know whether any place contains more pianists than Paris, or whether you can find more asses and virtuosos anywhere. — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
It is not a profession to be a pianist and musician. It is a philosophy, a conception of life that cannot be… — Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 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
I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an… — Kerry Washington 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 started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Technically I feel total fluidity in writing. I feel there's nothing technically that I can't do the way a certain sort of… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist. — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
Along the way [Mozart] got married; fathered seven children (two of whom survived into adulthood); performed as a pianist; violinist; and conductor;… — Robert Greenberg Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a jazz pianist, but I wasn't good enough. I got into city college because I didn't have the… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
Singers actually used to begin singing at a much younger age than they do now. I would say for me, I started… — Dolora Zajick Copy Share Image
I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
I consider the first 20 performances just learning the piece. Think about it this way: If you think about a pianist who… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
Mathematicians - for what they do - are really poorly rewarded. And it's a very competitive field, almost as bad as being… — Gian-Carlo Rota Copy Share Image