“If love played an instrument, I’ll bet it would be the piano. 88 keys, double infinity, and the ability to chop down… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing,… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
'The Piano' is a romantic drama that really made me want to see New Zealand. When I finally did it was every… — Ruby Wax Copy Share Image
Well I mean I just sit at the piano and maybe figure out some harmony or melody or both. Sometimes you can… — Roy Hargrove Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm done with an album cycle, I still wanna write music. If I'm bored when I'm at home, which never happens,… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
Self-expression is something that you've crafted, something that you've found. You've practiced on that piano for hours, you didn't hang out with… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
So I always liked to sing, and apparently when I was about four or five I also started to be attracted to… — Vienna Teng Copy Share Image
I was raised on piano and saxophone and jazz music for ten or twelve years. Before I even picked up a bass.… — Matt Snell Copy Share Image
It is only by demanding the impossible of the piano that you can obtain from it all that is possible. For the… — Heinrich Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Mac [Barnett] and I prank each other during our presentation. We show baby pictures of each other looking completely ridiculous. I can't… — Jory John Copy Share Image
The piano has been a love of mine ever since I started playing in college, so having the chance to play a… — Rick Carlisle Copy Share Image
I knew no one in this business, and the only acting I'd ever done was in a first-grade play. I understood some… — Idara Victor Copy Share Image
It was a matter of not seeing the woods for the trees. Glorious songs have been in Ireland forever, but a lot… — Phil Coulter Copy Share Image
The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
In France the music schools are a bit old fashioned. I was more excited about doing my own stuff or to play… — Yann Tiersen Copy Share Image
I've had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
I thought I knew Elton John, but then it was like, "Woah, Elton's a pimp! He's really amazing." And since Billy and… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
Music is something that I've been passionate about. I play the piano and sing, but I always knew that it was never… — Neil Nitin Mukesh Copy Share Image
I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film… — Vanessa Brown Copy Share Image
Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife underhand into the piano. The woodworms are… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
There are times when we look back and think, 'Do you remember when we had to lug a piano downstairs to a… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
I also became inspired by impressionist painters such as Renoir, and wanted to do the same sort of thing with music-portray whatever… — Lenny Breau Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the notion of a perpetual sound: a sound that won't dissipate over time. Essentially, the opposite of a piano,… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Gradually, at the concerts, I began to hear calls for 'the fat girl'… Then I would jump up for the piano stool,… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image
With every job I've gotten, I've bought myself something. When 'Glee' was picked up, I rented a piano for the year. For… — Dianna Agron Copy Share Image
There have always been people making music. On their porches, playing folk songs. Playing piano in quiet salons. You don't have to… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's nice to try different instruments because they have a different sound to offer and therefore your approach changes a little… — McCoy Tyner Copy Share Image
If it's fast, no I don't have enough piano technique. In that case, it's probably been done on some kind of synthesizer… — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
“Yes—and had we one, you’d probably never see us at all.” Mrs. Locke adds jokingly. Emily pulls ecstatically against my clothing, a… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
I've heard some people say that I'm selling out, but I'm not. If I hadn't done 'Black Radio', and just kept on… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little… — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn't last; I just learned piano from doing it over and… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I play a lot chamber music.As for something that's hard for me to play, before I leave this Earth I'm hoping to… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image