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
“A general air of surprise and genuine satisfaction fell upon everyone as they saw the pianist enter.” — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
I have believed for many years that Oscar Peterson is not only the greatest pianist in jazz today, but the greatest it… — Gene Lees Copy Share Image
Even if you are a pianist, your concerto repertoire is very limited compared to what your chamber repertoire would be if you… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather. — Jeff Buckley 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
I actually started as a concert pianist. I had a scholarship to the Julliard School of Music. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music. — Yoko Ono 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
When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
Mum was a brilliant classical pianist. She was Canadian and studied music at McGill University. She took me to ballet when I… — Caroline Quentin Copy Share Image
To be able to produce many varieties of sound, now that is what I call technique, and that is what I try… — Vladimir Horowitz 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
When I do operas, I'm not really singing very classically. I have a classical background as far as being a pianist and… — Jason Graae 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
The one who really captured me and became my absolute favorite was Nat King Cole. He was a genius at what he… — Johnny Mathis 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
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
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
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
I urge pupils when studying a work and in order to master its most important aspic, the rhythmic structure, or the ordering… — Heinrich Neuhaus 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
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 consider the first 20 performances just learning the piece. Think about it this way: If you think about a pianist who… — Philip Glass 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
In fact although I have studied in a Conservatory the classical piano, I do not consider myself a classical pianist. — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
“To wake up one day and be Steinway and Glen in One... Glen Steinway, Steinway Glen, all for Bach.” — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I always wanted to be either a pianist or a classical singer, and when I discovered songwriting, it… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
I'm a concert pianist, that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment. — Oscar Levant 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
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
Some experience is helpful. "The Pianist" was a film that I could make with my eyes closed because I had lived it… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racing car not called a… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
“I know a flute player is technically called a "flautist," but something about it sounds a little sketchy, as does "pianist," so… — Julie Halpern Copy Share Image
Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a… — Anton Rubinstein Copy Share Image
