I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge.
Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
I notice guys playing the piano playing a part up here and a part down there, and I wandered why couldn't I do that on the guitar?
I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.