Piano Quote by August Wilson

I make out a play list for every character and buy the records they would listen to; it helps me find their personas. What…

— Irvine Welsh

I can sit down at the piano and make you think I know how to play the piano because I know, like, the beginnings…

— Allison Janney

I make a playlist for every character I portray. Music plays a huge part in helping me understand a character. Every time I get…

— Richard Harmon

What happens in a play is determined to a certain extent by what I thought might be interesting to have happen before I invented…

— Edward Albee

I always have to find things that I relate to and understand in the characters that I play; otherwise, it won't feel that authentic.

— KiKi Layne

You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.

— Peter Riegert

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

— John Legend

I usually know what kind of song I'm after. I know what I'm trying to do when I start. I don't always get there.…

— Jimmy Webb

My whole musical life has been an educational process, and I'm just furthering my education and filling in the blanks. There's stuff that I…

— Flea

I started writing songs as character explorations.

— Noah Reid

I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.

— Charles de Lint

You play the honesty of the characters and show a side of them that people can relate to and want to get to know.

— Brian Tyree Henry