And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band. — Caroline Corr Copy Share Image
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
When I started as a kid, I wanted to be a piano player and songwriter. I only became a singer by accident. — Frank Sinatra Jr 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
Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. — Chuck Mangione Copy Share Image
If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house. — Harry S Truman 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 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
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 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
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
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
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 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 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
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'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
[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
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
As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
“Ted has a friend that owns a club. They’re looking for a piano player on Thursday nights. I was thinking about it…”… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
I thought a lot about Nixon's personal history and the changes in America during his lifetime and tried to craft stories, which… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
“Did he hear it, she wondered as she glimpsed her husband’s face through half-closed eyes and saw what was quickly becoming a… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“Did he hear it, she wondered as she glimpsed her husband’s face through half-closed eyes and saw what was quickly becoming a… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
The first job I ever did in the theatre, I was supposed to be a genius piano player. I couldn't play the… — Michael Sheen 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
There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint,… — Dr. John 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
![“[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/i/7bc/ray-brown-34220_band_thelonious-monk-is-a-subject-in-itself-i_125504.jpg)
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