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
I am God! I am nothing, I'm play, I am freedom, I am life. I am the boundary, I am the peak. — Alexander Scriabin Copy Share Image
What I would really like to have been, given a perfect world, is a jazz pianist. I mean jazz. I don't mean… — Kurt Vonnegut 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 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
I ... started out to become a jazz pianist; in the meantime I started singing and I sang the way I felt… — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
“A general air of surprise and genuine satisfaction fell upon everyone as they saw the pianist enter.” — Kate Chopin 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
Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life.… — Yanni 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
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
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
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
From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father.… — Athol Fugard 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 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
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I… — Keith Emerson 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
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
I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
It still amazes me how many musicians aren't really interested in engaging with their audience at all. Alfred Brendel, a pianist for… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
