I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever… — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
I grew up in such a musical family, and my dad was the first chair in the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, and my… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is… — Rafael Vinoly Copy Share Image
I always start with emotion. That's where I start all of my improvisations, on the piano. I always start with the mood… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
I have a Baldwin in my L.A. apartment, a Steinway in my New York apartment, and a Kawai plexiglass grand piano in… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
When I lost a tennis match that made me upset or hurt emotionally I would find myself going to the piano and… — Aaron Zigman Copy Share Image
I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
In my bachelor days, I had a small upright piano in my kitchen. It cost £10 from eBay plus £70 delivery. It… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
I was always into classical music and opera because I played the piano as I went through school and was very interested… — Kristian Nairn Copy Share Image
“Delicate, hauntingly uncertain music floated out of the house. Vane heard it as he walked up from the stables. The lilting strains… — Stephanie Laurens Copy Share Image
Miss Petrowska,an excellent pianist, held the audience transfixed with Chou Wen-chung’s work. Miss Petrowska was coolness itself in getting the hardware into… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
Why should a novelist not also be a historian? To force unnatural divisions within the English language is to work against its… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They're not taking piano lessons. They're… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
Whenever I record something, I always believe that it's worthy of inclusion in the pantheon, and I would certainly like pianists to… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner. It is not a mechanical routine, but something… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from… — Agnes Obel Copy Share Image
The only thing I try to watch carefully is that I never lose the love for the instrument. That's also why I… — Nils Frahm Copy Share Image
To learn a piece on the piano - even a simple one - has proved every bit as agonizing as writing a… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play… — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I like 'Goodbye My Lover' because it's a really personal song and I recorded it in my landlady's bathroom in Los Angeles.… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
It seems that a lot of people, who haven't known of me as a pianist, think I've just started off as a… — Dudley Moore Copy Share Image
I know that a translation of a work of literature is like playing a violin concerto on the piano. You can do… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly good at anything. I'm not an incredible guitarist or piano player or songwriter. I think what I do is,… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
The thing with the piano is, the piano is like percussion almost - well, it is. You have to... not beat on… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
I play the piano and that's how I learned about music. I then taught myself the guitar, drums, percussion and various other… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
I can make music, but I can't play it. I read somewhere that Grieg couldn't play his A-minor piano concerts very well,… — Matias Tellez Copy Share Image
In Canada pianos needed water. You opened up the back and left a full glass of water, and a month later the… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
The way it always starts with me making my music is I will never, ever start with the production first. It's always… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
God didn't give me the ability to play the piano, or paint a picture or have compassion. But... he did give me… — Karen Walker Copy Share Image
My daughter is one of my greatest inspirations. She's an environmentalist, she plays piano, she's raising money for the earthquake victims in… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I've got a lot of facets, so to speak. When you come to a live show, you get a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I can play the piano. I started off with lessons, and then, as we always had a piano in the house, I… — Louise Nurding Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Now, when he sat at the piano, he did not play music for the company the notes provided him. He played the… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played… — Louis Prima Copy Share Image
We used to move pianos in New York City, and one time, it was, like, eight guys on a piano that was… — Enzo Amore Copy Share Image
That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on -… — Morton Gould Copy Share Image
Of course there is school and sports, but I also like X-Box 360. 'Black Ops 3' is one of my favorites. I… — Chandler Canterbury Copy Share Image
