Piano Quotes
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I didn't study the piano - the piano studied me.
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I started writing hits the day I sold my piano.
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What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool.
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In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it.
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I don't know why people enjoy what I do. I play piano and sing a few songs - and that's about as exciting as I want it to get. The people who come to my shows will have to bring a good book!
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If you can play the piano, you can play any instrument.
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I have little use for Grieg or my Concerto, this is not only extraordinary piano playing, it is an entirely new way of playing the piano.
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I liked the piano. I always liked playing. I just hated homework.
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The piano is an orchestra with 88...... things, you know
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When I was a kid I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one.
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On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and again he solaces himself by playing 'Abide with Me' in the hope of edifying both the clients and the inmates.
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The Steinway piano is the most harmonious implement for musical intention. It completes what is beautiful and artistic.
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I've always been involved in music. Whether it be taking piano lessons or something, I always have.
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It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole Petrushka on the piano.
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I was reared in the church from the age of three. I've played piano since I was three. I performed at revivals and for my people around North Carolina for several years. People around town collected money to send me to school.
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I play the piano a lot at home, I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage... I don't think I'll get the chance for a while.
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The piano sounds like a carnival and the microphone smells like a beer. And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say, man, what are you doing here?
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It's always exciting for me to sit down at the piano, and every time I do, something new happens, something surprises me, or I surprise myself. I played Poinciana last night and it was like a new song. That's the reason there's no such thing as old music. The wonderful thing about music is that it's ageless.
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Because of Billy Joel, I've been playing piano since I was knee high. The house was always full of music, so of course he's influenced me, but I think I've also developed my own sound. He's also been really good about giving me advice, which I think has helped me really stay true to what I want to do musically.
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I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.
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Everything that I do I hear and then I go with my hands, and since I use my hands for both piano and guitar that is kind of hands-on.
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They see me as an ordinary guy, like a construction worker or the guy who delivers your piano.
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I like the powerful story, the excellent performances the beautiful cinematography and the vision of the "The Piano".
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My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery.
