Piano Quotes · Page 32

Of course, the recorder will never have the repertoire of the piano or the violin.

— Michala Petri

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to…

— Pinetop Perkins

I do play a lot of instruments. I started with the harp when I was young and then sort of moved to…

— Maggie Rogers

We never tattle, let God handle that Or let the mob handle that, No soprano Half Black, half white I'm a piano.

— J Cole

I've played guitar and piano for a while, so it's really fun to play music on film.

— Austin Butler

I have always liked black and white! It is simple and the colour of the piano.

— Hiromi

I've always loved French music. My parents adored it; my father played it on the piano.

— Simon Rattle

The piano is always true to me. In times of despair, happiness, and joy, its mood is always my own.

— Bradley Joseph

When I got a little bit older I wanted to play piano - that's all I wanted to do. I remember learning…

— Zooey Deschanel

There's one point where I play the piano upside down. When I first did that, I hit my head and it really…

— Richard Hyung-ki Joo

I learned to play piano on my own and my parents thought "Oh it would be a good thing for you take…

— Colin Munroe

I couldn't help but feel very different from everybody, so I think that's why I found such a big world in music,…

— Emeli Sande

A piano is a machine, but you've got ivory and there's weight behind the keys and you have this really - you…

— Tod Machover

I don't really have loads of friends - three or four who are close. The thing that I love the most is…

— Tom Odell

Frankie Muniz is amazing at everything he does. Many people don't know that he can play the piano like you wouldn't believe,…

— Samaire Armstrong

I used to play the piano, I was pretty decent, so that was the only thing I could hold onto in terms…

— Lunice

I have a piano in my living room that I mess around on a little bit and when I asked Len if…

— Colin Farrell

We always feel there are 3 parts to the song. The most important part is the reason it should exist. Our process…

— Richard Sherman

I feel very lucky, and the work that I do doesn't depend on much. If your vision's still good, and your hands…

— John Williams

[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with…

— Ray Brown

On the evenings when my parents held parties, the drawing-room mirrors multiplied to infinity the scintillations of a crystal chandelier. Mama would…

— Simone de Beauvoir

I've dabbled in running around on stage, and at certain times it's nice to step away from the anchor of the piano…

— Sara Bareilles

As a kid, I took piano lessons, and I didn't like it. It wasn't cool. I was into Duran Duran and rock…

— Matt Skiba

Death and disaster are at our shoulders every second of our lives, trying to get at us. Missing, a lot of the…

— Hugh Laurie

FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano.

— Maurice Gibb

So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll

— Gavin DeGraw

My mother gave me a choice. She said, 'Would you like to take singing lessons or piano.' I'm glad I chose piano.

— McCoy Tyner

Color is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano, with its many strings.

— Wassily Kandinsky

I love playing the piano. I really want to start taking lessons but need to find the time.

— Miranda Kerr

Be it flute, piano or any instrument, there would always be a reason to bring in the particular feel into a song.

— M. Jayachandran

(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend…

— Victor Borge

I don't like a lot of monitors on stage. I like the real raw sound of the open piano.

— Dianne Reeves

I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.

— Taylor Swift

I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.

— Ian Axel

Get up from the piano ... Oscar is in the house. Who wants to be at the piano when Oscar is there?…

— Benny Carter

By the time I was 17, I was in a band, writing songs and playing solo piano at weekends, in pubs or…

— Chesney Hawkes

I've been playing guitar since I was 6 and then drums, bass, and piano since I was 10 years old.

— Bazzi

Even in classical music, the cello doesn't get a lot of respect because the piano and the violin get it all.

— Luka Sulic

I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear…

— Richie Havens

I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.

— Billy Joel