Concerts Quote by Alan Hovhaness

I'd been playing the piano since I was 6 and wanted to be a composer, but I also wanted to be an actor. I…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

The piano is like an orchestra - I'm very fortunate that I chose it as my instrument.

— McCoy Tyner

When I was young, I played the piano and studied classical music and jazz. I wanted to be a concert pianist, and if I'd…

— Christopher Plummer

I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my taste was…

— Mike Stoller

If anything, when I was young, I wanted to be an orchestra.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.

— Zedd

When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to take many different classes. Piano was one that I really fell in love with.

— Noel Fisher

I think that, initially, I was most passionate about music and particularly about playing the piano. I started playing when I was nine, and…

— Holly Hunter

As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.

— John Williams

I loved music and felt I had enough talent to become a concert pianist, but I was foolish enough to let myself be laughed…

— George Mikan

If you want to play piano, you just gotta love piano, and I loved the way that music sounded from the beginning. Always did…

— Future

My parents loved music, but they weren't musicians. So my musical training as a young kid was limited to piano lessons. I was not…

— Michael Giacchino