Black Quote by Nina Simone

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

For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.

— Zedd

I don't think I could have ever had a career as a pianist because I never ever wanted to play the notes the way…

— Jerry Hunt

I played piano for a lot of my childhood and stupidly quit. I wish I hadn't - I could have been a great classical…

— Frankie Cosmos

But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

— Alicia Keys

I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum.

— Thelonious Monk

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.

— Bobby Robson

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 wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

— Steve Lacy

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

— Robert Quine

I loved music and felt I had enough talent to become a concert pianist, but I was foolish enough to let myself be laughed…

— George Mikan

I've speculated about what my life might have been like as a musician, but I'm afraid I came to the conclusion that I probably…

— Condoleezza Rice