Piano Quotes · Page 38

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

All my musical foundations go back to the age of 3. My family tell me that I used to listen to the…

— George Shearing

When John said that he wanted me to play with him on piano, I told him that there were many others who…

— Alice Coltrane

My parents have always been open to me trying new things, whether it's yoga or ballet or tap or jazz or piano…

— Sofia Vassilieva

The thing is, I'm not really a great pianist at all. But if God said I could either sing or play piano,…

— Beth Hart

My folks bought a baby grand piano and that's where I did the majority of figuring out the songs I heard on…

— Borns

Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every…

— John Coltrane

To learn a piece on the piano - even a simple one - has proved every bit as agonizing as writing a…

— Ben Dolnick

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.

— Joan Armatrading

When I'm playing live, I'll rip out a ballad from my album, and I'll play that solo on the piano, which feels…

— Daya

One does not play the piano with one's fingers, one plays the piano with one's mind.

— Glenn Gould

Everybody told me this 'girl on the piano' thing was never going to work.

— Tori Amos

I know melody. I know rhythm; I know bass guitar; I know the piano. I know everything about music that helps build…

— Nayvadius Cash

I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 and I wrote my first song shortly after. Music was really important in…

— Eric Hutchinson

I started learning the piano at the age of 4 or 5, so I think I already liked music then.

— Yoko Shimomura

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

— Jade Hassoune

I teach in M.F.A. programs now, and I think that's a great way to become a novelist, but I mourn that Pete…

— Jess Walter

For me, piano is just where I started; I know where to go with it.

— Perfume Genius

I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money…

— Al Jarreau

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in…

— Billy Joel

You're a master on blues piano. The real deal.

— Jeffrey Wright

I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen…

— Eddie Van Halen

Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .…

— Herbie Hancock

I started with the piano-accordion and rebelled against it, but I could not afford piano lessons.

— Richard McCabe

I would always write lyrics and songs on the piano.

— Reggie Watts