Island Quote by Glenn Gould

“Concert pianists get to be quite chummy with dead composers. They can't help it. Classical music isn't just music . It's a personal diary.…

— Marisha Pessl

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have…

— Nina Simone

I picked up some wonderful things just listening to other pianists that I appreciate, and that would be Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Vladimir Horowitz,…

— Aretha Franklin

Some pianists seem to really remember the keys and not so much the notes they play. They want to learn until it's a physical…

— Carlo Grante

Whenever I record something, I always believe that it's worthy of inclusion in the pantheon, and I would certainly like pianists to pay more…

— Marc-Andre Hamelin

I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.

— Emanuel Ax

I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many asses and so many virtuosi.

— Frederic Chopin

It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

— Franz Liszt

I would also like to mention pianists like Michel Petrucciani or Chick Сorea for whom I have great admiration in the jazz field.

— Richard Clayderman

“The notes I can handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes-ah, that is where the art resides.”

— Artur Schnabel

I dont think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes--ah, there is where the artistry lies!!

— Artur Schnabel