Been Quote by Thelonious Monk

Without the piano, my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.

— Jools Holland

One of the great regrets of my life is that I don't play piano.

— Billy Bob Thornton

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 wanted to play the piano.

— Gretchen Carlson

I'm so used to it, I think I'd feel very naked on stage without a piano.

— Tom Odell

Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it

— Vanessa Carlton

It seems that a lot of people, who haven't known of me as a pianist, think I've just started off as a comedian. And…

— Dudley Moore

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

— Alicia Keys

I play piano very badly. That's my great regret.

— Marcello Giordani

I didn't know what I was gonna get the first time I sat down at a piano, but I loved it and it became…

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

I'm not really a pianist.

— Harold Budd

I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.

— Nina Simone