Piano Quotes - Page 8

Whenever I record something, I always believe that it's worthy of inclusion in the pantheon, and I would certainly like pianists to pay more attention to it. I think it's ridiculous now, because the range of repertoire - or what's considered 'safe' - is so narrow, even though there are pianists who are really trying to push the envelope. There is still a lack of attention, and there's no reason for it. The piano repertoire is so rich, with so many wonderful things that still are not given their due.

I bet you can't play slide piano.

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

You know that, according to quantum theory, if two particles collide with enough energy you can, in principle, with an infinitesimal probability, produce two grand pianos.

Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.

A strange adventure befell me while I was playing my Sonata in B flat minor before some English friends. I had played the Allegro and the Scherzo more or less correctly. I was about to attack the March when suddenly I saw arising from the body of my piano those cursed creatures which had appeared to me one lugubrious night at the Chartreuse. I had to leave for one instant to pull myself together after which I continued without saying anything.

Writing is like giving birth to a piano sideways. Anyone who perseveres is either talented or nuts.

Some people do piano lessons after school; I do movies.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead.

I like to play the piano with lyrics as if it was a piece of love letter.

The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.

The Steinway piano - with its beauty and power - is the perfect medium for expressing the performer's art, drama and poetry.

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 at a certain moment, I had the revelation that the whole thing would be electronic, not traditional acoustic.

Ive heard some people say that Im selling out, but Im not. If I hadnt done Black Radio, and just kept on doing just piano trio stuff, I wouldnt be honest with myself; Id be doing it to please other people. That would be selling out.

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. My mother is an Evangelist and I used to play the piano at her revival meetings.

The only thing I try to watch carefully is that I never lose the love for the instrument. That's also why I decided against a professional piano career when I was younger.

I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

I go on a lot of hikes. I read a lot. I play piano.

You cannot play the piano by telling a pianist what to do, go a little more to the left or to the right. And the same is for the computer, really. You have to play yourself to get the most out of it.

I like the powerful story, the excellent performances the beautiful cinematography and the vision of the "The Piano".

I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano.

I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely encouraging force to me when I was little.

Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.