Piano Quotes · Page 62

A lot of my approach to the instrument, especially as I've gotten older, is to treat the piano in ways that are…

— Michael Hersch

I don't know why people enjoy what I do. I play piano and sing a few songs - and that's about as…

— Gary Barlow

I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.

— Martin Gore

Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.

— Luc Ferrari

The harp was so much more gestural and physical for me than the piano - something about bringing this instrument into your…

— Zeena Parkins

I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.

— Oscar Peterson

When we get together in the studio, music just comes out. I'll pick up the guitar, my cousin will come in and…

— Skip Marley

A lot of people can play the piano, but not everyone can be Billy Joel.

— Gary Vaynerchuk

I grew up the son of a Seventh Day Adventist minister, so I was really close to the church and sang church…

— Al Jarreau

I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I…

— Kevin Kline

Gradually, at the concerts, I began to hear calls for 'the fat girl'.... Then I would jump up for the piano stool,…

— Sophie Tucker

You know that, according to quantum theory, if two particles collide with enough energy you can, in principle, with an infinitesimal probability,…

— Isidor Isaac Rabi

The music I listened to when I was a kid was Sonny Boy Williams and Pinetop Perkins. He was the one who…

— Ike Turner

I had a little Richard and that black piano, oh that sweet Georgia Peach, and the boy form Tupelo.

— Elton John

Do you know it took me 27 years to understand the C major chord on the piano?

— Ilaiyaraaja

I really enjoy playing the piano. I took lessons throughout middle school, but I had to drop the lessons. I actually got…

— Miranda Leek

The Steinway piano is the most harmonious implement for musical intention. It completes what is beautiful and artistic.

— Yefim Bronfman

My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didnt learn the…

— Chuck Brown

Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that…

— Henry David Thoreau

Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put…

— Mose Allison

I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my…

— Alan Hovhaness

I'm the oldest in my family and do play piano.

— David Lambert

I can play anything - piano, drums, guitar, harp - I can even play a trumpet through another trumpet.

— Ross Lynch

I find that people can’t find you. It’s kind of quiet. When I go to a city, I can almost always get…

— Philip Glass

I can't play piano well enough without making mistakes.

— Joe Satriani