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
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
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 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 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
[My interest in music] is from my mother and my grandmother, who were pianists, and they taught. — Pauline Oliveros 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
I've always been interested in both writing and music. When I first started getting published, I also worked as rehearsal pianist for… — William Sleator Copy Share Image
As a pianist, our particular role is to enter a piece and its logic and create a particular interpretation from our understanding.… — Rafal Blechacz 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
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
Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he… — Marian McPartland 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
There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists. — Vladimir Horowitz 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
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
I got to perform the [Jaques] Ibert Concertino Da Camera with a brilliant pianist at school named Chunga. I got to perform… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I'm lucky enough to be doing my dream job, but my second dream job would be to be a concert pianist. — Robert Emms 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
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
Painting is something that you need to do, if not every day, then certainly most days. It is almost like being a… — John Berger Copy Share Image
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