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
At a very early age I began to thump on the piano alone, and it was not long before I was able… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
The piano is a bit of a monster because it is this center of Western music and so much has been done… — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
I started going to a piano teacher at 5 years old, but pretty soon I started picking things out on my own… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
Genetically, I have tons of musical background in my life. My mother's father was a famous Weimar-era composer, Ernst Toch. My father's… — Lawrence Weschler Copy Share Image
I used to find places in high school and college, empty rooms or spaces with pianos. Instead of going to a party,… — Rachael Yamagata Copy Share Image
Everything we did on the training pitch, we did with the ball. You'll never see a pianist run around his piano. People… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
When I was starting out in this business, that was the norm. You did it all. You looked around, and entertainers could… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
When I was six, my best friend's parents bought him a piano. My mother noticed that every time I would go to… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Life is like a piano. Each single key gives you a tune. A tune after tune gives you a melody. You don't… — Islam Elnady Copy Share Image
Our whole dream for our home was for it to be an artist's haven. So there are paint supplies; there's a piano… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I was composing before I realised I was a composer. It came more or less naturally. There were a couple of old… — Richard Meale Copy Share Image
It's like the piano and the cello are being poured into my body, the same way the IV and blood transfusions are.… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
Many people don't have the ability to be rich, because they're too lazy or they don't have the desire or the stick-to-itiveness.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, there are no such things as good and bad impulses. Think...of a piano. It has not got two kinds of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I knew from the start that I wanted my life to be about music. I taught myself the notes of the piano… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
Good Lord's been kind to me, that's all I can say. I wake up in the morning with music in my head… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I was a late bloomer, but I realised that people really liked it when I played blues scales and, with the piano,… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
My body is an object of work. That's why I think to be an actor is one of the most violent jobs.… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It's why I do what I do. Other things,… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
“If you're going to keep the music in you, Jonah, you've got to play a little bit every day purely for pleasure.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Everyone asks me if piano had helped me in football. I guess improvisation and creativity helps on the field, but that's a… — Joey Harrington Copy Share Image
The hierarchy is set out for me. The first priority is piano. I have to be 101 percent prepared. I find that… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I do a long sound check. I get there at noon on the day of a show and sit behind the piano… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth… — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one… — Arthur Godfrey Copy Share Image
With just one musician, you can really do an unlimited number of things on the inside of the piano, if you have… — John Cage Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I enjoy the song writing process more than anything. It's what I like the most, just sitting in my room with guitar… — Bernard Fanning Copy Share Image
First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man, I gave… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I've been playing piano my whole life, but I'd never tried to understand how compositions are made, really. Try to imagine if… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
Life is like a piano. Anyone can play a song through meaningless repetition, But it takes passion to play a masterpiece. Life… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Piano playing consists of common sense, heart and technical resources. All three should be equally developed. Without common sense you are a… — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
We developed our own type of Igudesman and Joo electric violin, let's say, and funny enough, the shape of it was developed… — Aleksey Igudesman Copy Share Image
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I love films that make me react emotionally and physically when you walk out of the cinema. Two of my favorite films… — Alicia Vikander Copy Share Image
My dad was a self-taught stride piano player. The myth is - I don't whether it's true or not - that he… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
“There is a stillness between us, a period of restlessness that ties my stomach in a hangman’s noose. It is this same… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
Classical music was very much a part of my life growing up, and it was always playing in the house. And music… — Laufey Copy Share Image
