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
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
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 want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet,… — Rachel Corrie Copy Share Image
I think all record companies should be run by a musician. Just as you wouldn't trust your health to an electrician. — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Horror would not annoy a soldier any more than the sight of a hammer annoys a carpenter. It is sentimental to pretend… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Once in a while, a teacher gets rewarded with a brilliant student. My two years with Dan Szabo at the New England… — Bob Brookmeyer Copy Share Image
Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer,… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my resume with everything I had ever done -… — Alexandra Daddario 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
My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s. — Christian McKay 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
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
It was quite unusual to use the recorder as a concert instrument. But my mother, a pianist, actually helped me a lot… — Michala Petri 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
I met the pianist Barry Harris when I was about fifteen. He would show me changes, which I had no idea existed.… — Charles McPherson Copy Share Image
I come from a wonderful family. My mother was a pianist and my father was a salesman. They were very middle-class, very… — Charles Kimbrough 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
When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
