Accordion Quote by Pauline Oliveros

The accordion came from just having a desire to play music. Somehow, I have slowly taught myself.

— Mary Steenburgen

My mother brought accordion home. She was going to learn to play it so she could teach it and increase her income. And I…

— Pauline Oliveros

I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely…

— Connie Francis

My mother brought home the accordion in 1942. I was fascinated and wanted to learn to play it. Some of my music has a…

— Pauline Oliveros

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?'

— Alfred Schnittke

Ive realized that even more that what is beautiful about the accordion is to play with a single finger sometimes, with a very pure,…

— Richard Galliano

I think for me, I had a long-standing desire to orchestrate the sunrise, and never came up with the right thing on piano. So…

— Suzanne Ciani

The piano is like an orchestra - I'm very fortunate that I chose it as my instrument.

— McCoy Tyner

A piano in the house, when I came home from school and was able to play all these different notes with all theses different…

— Ella Henderson

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

— Dave Brubeck

I started with the piano-accordion and rebelled against it, but I could not afford piano lessons.

— Richard McCabe

Good music resembles something. It resembles the composer.

— Jean Cocteau