Ability Quote by Mike Stoller

My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had…

— Etta James

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 had an affinity for music and could play anything I heard on the piano, but I wasn't scholastically advanced in any way. It…

— Melody Gardot

I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano from a very small age.

— Jim Parsons

I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt…

— Alan Hovhaness

I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I realized I…

— Kevin Kline

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

I'm a pianist - I studied jazz piano in college.

— Cory Michael Smith

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

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.

— Bobby McFerrin

I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for a long…

— Jherek Bischoff

I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons. I didn't…

— Billy Joel