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Piano Quotes by Oscar Peterson
- 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…
- 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…
- First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man, I gave up the piano…
- I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
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- In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it. — Travis Barker
- Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin.… — Ethel Barrymore
- When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany. — Andrea Bocelli
- I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends… — Andrea Bocelli
- Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano. — David Bowie
- With every job I've gotten, I've bought myself something. When 'Glee' was picked up, I rented a piano for the year. For… — Dianna Agron
- It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. — Dave Brubeck
- I have these big piano-playing hands. I feel like I should be picking potatoes. — Sandra Bullock
- 'The Piano' ended up on television. Everything ends up there anyway. — Jane Campion
- The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke. — Al Capp
- My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie… — Amy Chua
- I bought a piano once because I had the dream of playing As Time Goes By as some girl's leaning on it… — George Clooney