“...as a pianist, I can’t say I was always a big fan of contemporary music. The challenge of late Beethoven, or Mozart,… — Leon Fleisher Copy Share Image
“My mother, who is a pianist and a fine artist, purchased a piano for me. Twice. This was back when I was… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
In order to even begin to learn how to play his instrument, it takes the guitarist weeks to build calluses on his… — Noah Lukeman Copy Share Image
My father was a very good amateur pianist, and he had a collection of books on technique. One of the things he… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music his own. — David Benioff Copy Share Image
My mother is a pianist and vocalist. When I was 15, I was playing guitar in her Dell Graham Trio. — Larry Graham Copy Share Image
You cannot play the piano by telling a pianist what to do, go a little more to the left or to the… — Massimo Vignelli Copy Share Image
As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music,… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
When I hear the words jazz pianist, that just means I have the skills to do most things. Because to be a… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on… — Amanda Eliasch Copy Share Image
“I have been like a mediocre concert pianist playing in front of a tone-deaf family, who applaud out of duty rather than… — Chris Murray Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. I… — Kirsten Nelson Copy Share Image
Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the… — Roberta Flack Copy Share Image
I played piano for a lot of my childhood and stupidly quit. I wish I hadn't - I could have been a… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
Without the piano, I would never have attempted to rap, because I'm a poor rapper. I'm enthusiastic, but it takes me a… — Chilly Gonzales Copy Share Image
The writer who develops a beautiful style, but has nothing to say, represents a kind of arrested esthetic development; he is like… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The zenith of virtuosity, a violinist like Jascha Heifetz, the supernatural in a pianist like Vladimir Horowitz, these are performers who were… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
A young pianist & composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing & his writing, as well as showing… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
When I was young, I played the piano and studied classical music and jazz. I wanted to be a concert pianist, and… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
Years ago, while being in an airport in Australia, I happened to meet with David Helfgott. I knew that he was a… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
I joined an all-girl band in Detroit and, although I was a pianist and drummer, I was asked to play bass because… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
Ask any great athlete or the concert pianist or the successful actor if they have arrived at the place where they need… — Eric Butterworth Copy Share Image
When we hear a Mozart piano concerto today, we're most likely to hear the piano part played on a modern concert grand.… — Robert Greenberg Copy Share Image
Opinion in all parts of the world would agree that Rachmaninoff is the most complete of living masters of the instrument; his… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
I think I was drawn to the harpsichord because of the similarity of touch between the harpsichord and the tracker organ. When… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise… — Jon Pareles Copy Share Image
My wife is an incredible pianist. I don't think there's anything my wife can't do, in all actuality. — Matt Hardy Copy Share Image
Any pianist and singer/songwriter would say "Carnegie Hall." It's such a legendary place. I'd love to play at Carnegie Hall. That's definitely… — Angela Aki Copy Share Image
There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
There is a kind of classlessness in the theater. The rehearsal pianist, the head carpenter, the stage manager, the star of the… — John Kander Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think I could have ever had a career as a pianist because I never ever wanted to play the notes… — Jerry Hunt Copy Share Image
If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a… — Alan Sugar Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided… — Amy Lee Copy Share Image
