When you play with another piano player, it's just second nature to play the parts that need to be played. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band. — Caroline Corr Copy Share Image
“On the subject of Egypt, Ellen Cherry was so vague she thought Ramses II was a jazz piano player.” — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
One of the features of being a piano player is playing as an accompanist for other people. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
Got two kids; one's a record producer who lives just up the road from me - great guitarist and piano player, too. — Lemmy Copy Share Image
When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano… — Mary Lou Williams Copy Share Image
My mom is the piano player in my dad's church - she's also the choir director - and she's just a musician… — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
“I swear to God, if I were a piano player or an actor or something and all those dopes thought I was… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I've watched other people singing, I've become a much better singer. I've become a singer that plays the piano instead of a… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I don't like the piano player music of the movies, the Michael Nyman, and sometimes that piano music makes me puke. It's… — Charlemagne Palestine Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm an okay piano player. To the music world, to people that's in the hip-hop culture, they probably look… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
If I had spent a quarter of the time that I spent manipulating my sexuality in front of a piano instead, I… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
I would just hear piano players and I would hear music, and just think - I don't just want to sit here… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
I grew up not really listening to guitar players. Especially when I was studying music, I was just interested in piano players… — Daniel Rossen Copy Share Image
I'm a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Success is a learnable skill. You can learn to succeed at anything. If you want to be a great golfer, you can… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
I tended to listen to doo-wop, but my grandmother would always have the radio on all day and she'd start with Yiddish… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
I always believe that every song tells a story, so the last thing I want to do is edit out like the… — David Cook Copy Share Image
I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with… — Ray Brown Copy Share Image
In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band.… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
Fonny and I just sat there... while the voices of the congregation rose and rose around us, without mercy... Teddy had the… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
“The very first hit factory was T.B. Harms, a Tin Pan Alley publishing company overseen by Max Dreyfus. With staff writers like… — John Seabrook Copy Share Image
My father shared the ethos of many of the beat writers and was a friend of Allen Ginsberg. Probably for 25 years… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's like being the piano player in a… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
As a piano player, if 10 is concert level, I'd put myself at a 5 or a 6, but in a completely… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the… — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when… — Tori Amos 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
I've found that since I've been playing the acoustic, listening to a horn player has left me thinking, well, what can I… — Bill Orcutt Copy Share Image
I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Tony MacAlpine not only plays guitar, but is a stunning classical piano player, so he can show how that influence molded his… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm not an overly skilled piano player or organ player at all, but I think I'm the right piano and organ player… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
The mark of genius is consistency. Do we hear of naive genius piano players? If anyone knows of one, try listening to… — David Luiz Copy Share Image
I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player.… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
![“[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band, you know. But Monk would just sit there like this. And all of a sudden there'd be a pause from all the trumpets and everything and Monk would go 'plink!' like that. And…” quote by Ray Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7bc/ray-brown-34220_band_thelonious-monk-is-a-subject-in-itself-i_125504.jpg)
