I'm a classically trained jazz pianist - I've been playing since I was 3 years old. — Daya Copy Share Image
My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music. — Carla Bruni 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
The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost… — Benny Green 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
“These hands are steady enough, but they are large. Had he been a proper pianist - he's dabbled inexpertly - his ten-note… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players. — Emanuel Ax 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
Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I've had to ban my mum from coming to see me play. She gets so nervous before any show. I've always got… — Birdy 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 mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing… — Birdy Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano.… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
I grew up in this industry. I'm a third generation actor, and I believe strongly that life and career are two different… — Alaina Huffman 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
I was born in Memphis. There was music all around me, really deep and special music. I heard all these great masters… — Charles Lloyd 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
If there's one thing I feel very strongly about, it's that there shouldn't be a distinction between pianists who play Ligeti and… — Jeremy Denk 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
When I create I don't think in technical or mathematical terms until the idea is formulated Musical composition is formulated in improvisation.… — Aaron Zigman Copy Share Image
Whenever I record something, I always believe that it's worthy of inclusion in the pantheon, and I would certainly like pianists to… — Marc-Andre Hamelin 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
Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and… — Michel Martin 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
They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I was for a minor amount of time but I was probably a better pianist at 15 than I am now. — Josh Silver 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 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
Music informs my work so intensely. The better actor I become, the better pianist I become, and vice versa. — Janina Gavankar 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
Steinway is the only piano on which the pianist can do everything he wants. And everything he dreams. — Vladimir Ashkenazy Copy Share Image
There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that. — John Williams 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
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
Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been… — Nat Wolff 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
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
