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Any professional knows that the flute and the piano is a boring combination. All you've got to arrive at is a kind of typical gestural… — Morton Feldman
I've been working on something, just some jazz, relaxed stuff. It will be standard, just piano and voice. It started out as a fun project… — Justin Guarini
Reading old travel books or novels set in faraway places, spinning globes, unfolding maps, playing world music, eating in ethnic restaurants, meeting friends in cafes… — Phil Cousineau
I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces. — Pinetop Perkins
One does not play the piano with one's fingers, one plays the piano with one's mind. — Glenn Gould
I'm very fond of piano players. — Michael Parkinson
My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it — Gavin DeGraw
I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel — Gavin DeGraw
So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll — Gavin DeGraw
Football management is such a pressurized thing - horse racing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined -… — Alex Ferguson
After so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along come class; somebody who actually went to school, can… — Billy Wilder
I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five. — Vanessa Mae
The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings. — Daniel Barenboim
I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and… — August Wilson
I finally realized that my relaxation is practicing the piano and writing. I've tried to do other things, but I've learned through the decades, that… — Andrew Hill
At first I didn't understand what [Thelonious Monk] was doing, but I went back again, and what I can say about Monk is that I… — Randy Weston
There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film on Louis Armstrong.… — Randy Weston
Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own. — Dizzy Gillespie
I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a traffic jam, go out in… — Oscar Peterson
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe… — Oscar Peterson
I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano. — Alain Ducasse
I am so happy that I didn’t go to school and I didn’t have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the… — Yanni
I play the piano a lot at home. I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage.… — Mick Taylor
I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played — Mick Taylor
I like writing on piano and a computer, and a lot of 'Plans' came out of samples and vocal lines. — Ben Gibbard

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