I always stayed on before and after practice. I just think that if you want to excel at anything, be it basketball,… — Dolph Schayes Copy Share Image
My parents made me take piano lessons from 1st grade to when I graduated from high school, and music never came to… — Manila Luzon Copy Share Image
My piano has not yet arrived. How did you send it? By Marseilles or by Perpignan? I dream music but I cannot… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
Family is everything, although I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the most amazing minds over the years, including… — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
I wanted to write songs from the ground up, I wanted to sit at a piano and build around that. But I… — Rag'n'Bone Man Copy Share Image
When it comes to songwriting, I grew up in the Seventies listening to AM radio. So I've all these pop songs running… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
A trumpet sounds pretty much like a trumpet, and that's true of a lot instruments; pianos sound like pianos, but there's something… — The Edge Copy Share Image
And of course there's so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because it's obviously useful… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
My mom tells this story that even when I was in the womb, my father played the piano and she sang. So,… — Cyrus Chestnut Copy Share Image
Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of… — Ian Williams Copy Share Image
I started piano like my sisters. After one year or two, I didn't like it anymore. Then, because I like trumpet, I… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind… — Zakk Wylde Copy Share Image
I was very depressed when I was 19... I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Everybody besides my piano player has been with me since the very first day. We were a four-piece band for a solid… — Thomas Rhett Copy Share Image
You just need the ear. But the ear is something, I guess, that you can't buy. And I can't play the piano… — Metro Boomin Copy Share Image
My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the… — Chuck Brown Copy Share Image
I want to play guitar, piano, drums, write songs for other people. I can do punk - I can do indie -… — Slowthai Copy Share Image
When I was first writing, I used to sit at the piano and play songs - I'd write one or two a… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
One of the strengths of youth is creativity. Write your imagination, inscribe the brush, let your fingers dancing on the piano, sing… — Adi Wirawan Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one,… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
My family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my… — John Legend Copy Share Image
With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know… — Luc Ferrari Copy Share Image
I play the piano a lot at home. I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play… — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
One of the loveliest things about being grown up is the knowledge that never again will I have to go through the… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
The only thing as a kid that really mattered to me was that I wouldn't quit. When I say 'quit,' I mean… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
I play the harmonium. I had learned to use the guitar for a bit before becoming a part of the music industry,… — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
Sing us a song you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we're all in the mood for a melody,… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
“I beg your pardon again. Do you believe yourself to be a pianoforte?" - Magnus Bane, The Midnight Heir (The Bane Chronicles,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I studied with Felix Blumenfeld, who had studied piano with Anton Rubinstein and composition with Tchaikovsky. Felix, my professor, was the right… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I… — Jesse Spencer Copy Share Image
I had this spooky psychological thing about 'The Piano' before it began, which was how everybody was going to go nuts on… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
I've always been inspired by female performers and artists who really surround who they are around their voice. For me, it's always… — Lea Michele Copy Share Image
I play the piano passionately and inaccurately. Indeed, I worked out the other day that of my seventy-five years; I have spent… — William Golding Copy Share Image
“How is slippery ice like music? A: If you don’t C sharp, you’ll B flat. Q: How do you make a band… — Joe Kozlowski Copy Share Image
To play the piano is to consort with nature. Every mollusk, galaxy, vapor or viper as well the sweet incense of love's… — Russell Sherman Copy Share Image
I cut the scene out, but there was a moment where Christoph Waltz plays the piano in 'Django [Unchained]' - Jamie [Foxx]… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image