Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti. — Neville Marriner Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart. — Kiana Tom Copy Share Image
I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I take every lesson in the book: singing, acting, guitar, piano, jazz, organ and tap-dancing. — Barbi Benton Copy Share Image
My father was a musician and wanted me to study piano. I had no interest. — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I finally realized that my relaxation is practicing the piano and writing. I've tried to do other things, but I've learned through… — Andrew Hill Copy Share Image
Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
I got started at a really young age. I was about two years old when I started playing the piano and around… — Jackson Guthy Copy Share Image
Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you dont feel the effort of the author, so that… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
The impact of an attacking tiger can be compared to that of a piano falling on you from a second story window.… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
I looked upon a clock to find the truth. The hours were passing like ivory chess figures, striking piano notes, and the… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I… — Ian Axel Copy Share Image
In prayer, something like an echo takes place. When you strike a note on the piano, corresponding strings in all the other… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Prayer is like practicing the piano or ballet or writing: you have to bring your body for a very long time, in… — Heather King Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
There was always a piano in the house when I was growing up - my dad played, and I thought it was… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
I took classical piano for a couple of years, but I sort of lost interest - I couldn't read a note today… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
My mother always wanted to be in show business, but her parents discouraged her. So when I started performing for the mirror… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
If they keep exposing you to education, you might even realize some day that man becomes immortal only in what he writes… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my… — Enya Copy Share Image
As a song-writer I have always written with one instrument - either guitar or piano - because I believe that if a… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents… — Micky Dolenz Copy Share Image
The piano is the social instrument par excellence... drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, the most massive of the devices by… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in… — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
I love my music, so I want to produce, write, and serve my music. I've had to learn about EQ frequencies and… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
I don't let the children watch TV on weeknights. They practice playing musical instruments instead. Both my sons play piano, drums and… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a "real teacher" for me. But… — Birdy Copy Share Image
I came from a really musical family. I studied classical piano because my grandparents were piano teachers, but started doing musical theater… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
If I get frustrated, the first thing I'll do is get up from the piano - completely mindlessly - and walk over… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor… — James Young Copy Share Image
It's just about being an entertainer; it's about having all those tools over the years to do all sorts: films, musicals, playing… — Bradley Walsh Copy Share Image
Dad would come home from doing odd jobs, and sometimes he'd come home late at night with lumber, and he'd rumble around… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
I often wonder why girls who do get into music tend to be just singers, or else play the piano. And if… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
