Piano Quotes · Page 17

The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind.

— Maria Cristina Mena

There, standing at the piano, was the original good time who had been had by all.

— Kenneth Tynan

Every day, I start with a workout; I do vocal lessons, I do piano lessons.

— Selena Gomez

Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the…

— Roberta Flack

We are not really skilled musicians. I mean, I can play a little bit of guitar. Thomas can play piano.

— Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity

— Gyorgy Ligeti

I was very quiet until I got at the piano, and weekends, lunch breaks, after school, before school, I was just making…

— Emeli Sande

“Jace Herondale plays the piano very well.” “And he knows it.” “That sounds like a Herondale.” Tessa laughed.”

— Cassandra Clare

For the piano and me it is always a blind date! I meet different pianos every single day. I can't take my…

— Hiromi

There is no better feeling in the universe, other than being married and having a family, than standing on stage behind a…

— John Tesh

My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me…

— Rufus Wainwright

My uncle was an Indian singer for a long time. He was pretty popular in India. He was one of the first…

— Nav

Here in New Orleans, what a lot of the musical families do - and this is a romantic concept on my part…

— Dave Pirner

I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer, many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side…

— India.Arie

Any professional knows that the flute and the piano is a boring combination. All you've got to arrive at is a kind…

— Morton Feldman

I had to let go of many things because we did not have much money growing up. Like joining the Film Institute…

— Farah Khan

There must be a law if there is to be liberty. Try to play a piano and you will run into laws…

— Adrian Rogers

Mostly, in song writing, my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. From the time I was 21, I've…

— Jerry Lewis

I still only play by ear. I don't have any training. But the piano actually makes more sense to me than guitar,…

— Amber Rubarth

I met this wonderful guy who owned an old pub near the Eiffel Tower called Malone's (he's French but it's an Irish…

— Regina Spektor

Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless I'd gotten a piano…

— Jamie Foxx

The first song I ever learned to sing and play on the piano was 'I Remember Sky' when I was 10 years…

— Laura Benanti

My dad was all about music. He was a musician, leading a band when I was born. His band was active all…

— Chick Corea

'Somebody's Calling Me' was written in my sleep, and the original was just the piano and the beat and the singing.

— James Murphy

I like to listen to a lot of classical music when I'm painting, the most simplistic stuff I can find. I like…

— Danny Fox

It is incontestable that music induces in us a sense of the infinite and the contemplation of the invisible.

— Victor de Laprade

I wrote my first song when I was four, and I played it at my piano recital.

— Beth Hart

Piano is very elegant. I also think it's a very truthful instrument.

— Howard Shore

I wasn't even a theater kid in high school. I studied classical piano, and I ran track.

— Condola Rashad

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my keyboard piano, oh Lord, why don't we?

— Paul McCartney

I play piano (bit of guitar) and I sing and I love to jam and harmonize with other musical people.

— Jade Hassoune

I am so in the past. I'm such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write…

— Elton John

Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit.

— Charles Bukowski

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural…

— Ethel Merman

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

— Aprilynne Pike

I actually don't like playing the piano or conducting the orchestra.

— Joe Hisaishi

I guess play piano, you know, because that's the thing I started doing when I was a little kid.

— Harry Connick, Jr

My grandfather is a musician, my son is a musician and a singer. My mother played the piano too.

— Zico

Sometimes you cannot produce a specific sound you want with, say, a guitar or piano, and you simply need to use electronic…

— Ludovico Einaudi