„I'm learning to play piano. And also the musical saw.“
— Rachel Trachtenburg American musician 1993
On learning to play new instruments ( Teen Vogue http://www.slideshowplayers.com/press/Teenvogue_feb07.html)
„I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.“
From the obit in the Boston Globe.
Quotations from Borge's performances
Fuente: Richard Dyer, "Laughter Was at the Heart of Victor Borge's Many Talents", Boston Globe, 29 December 2000
Víctor Borge1
1909 - 2000Citas similares
„Mother, an accomplished musician, taught me to play the piano as a very small girl.“
— Irene Dunne American actress 1898 - 1990
Hats, Hunches And Happiness (1945)
„Grammar is a piano I play by ear.“
— Joan Didion American writer 1934
Fuente: Essays & Conversations
— Lang Lang Chinese pianist 1982
theguardian.com http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/14/lang-lang-piano-china-father
— Suze Robertson Dutch painter 1855 - 1922
version in original Dutch / origineel citaat van Suze Robertson: Nee, ik ben volstrekt nooit wat men noemt een begaafd kind geweest, nooit een droomster. Aan fantasie met 't potlood op 't papier dacht ik niet, al leerden we op school natuurlijk ook teekenen en muziek. Maar in dien tijd was de piano eigenlijk meer mijn fort.. .Toch heb ik tot mijn achttiende jaar tussen die beide lang gewankeld.
Fuente: 1900 - 1922, Onder de Menschen: Suze Robertson' (1912), p. 30
— Boris Berman Russian/American musician 1948
Prokofiev’s piano sonatas : a guide for the listener and the performer (2008), Prokofiev the pianist
„The piano ain't got no wrong notes.“
— Thelonious Monk American jazz pianist and composer 1917 - 1982
Attributed by WKCR jazz host Phil Schaap, after a guest commented on how Monk played a lot of "wrong" notes. (March 1976)
Fuente: Evan Spring, Phil Schaap Interview https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/content/phil-schaap-interview, WKCR, 5 October, 1992
— Julia Cameron, libro The Artist's Way
Fuente: The Artist's Way
— Arthur Rubinstein Polish-American classical pianist 1887 - 1982
Antonio de Almeida — reported in Paul Hume (July 28, 1981) "Odyssey Of a Conductor", The Washington Post, p. C4.
About
— Dudley Moore English actor, comedian, composer and musician 1935 - 2002
Interview, Jazz Professional, 1966 http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/DudleyMoore.htm
„He is Mr Piano Man, I am Miss Piano Man.“
— Elton John English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist 1947
on touring with Billy Joel
Sixty things for Sir Elton's 60th (2007)
„Some kids can play the piano or kick a football; I could just impersonate everyone.“
— Tracey Ullman English-born actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author and businesswoman 1959
Quoted on a 2003 episode of The View.
„She taught me to play the piano, and what it meant to miss somebody.“
— Eric Roth American screenwriter 1945
Fuente: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay
— E. Lockhart American writer of novels as E. Lockhart (mainly for teenage girls) and of picture books under real name Emily Jenkins 1967
Fuente: Dramarama
„My emotions are expressed through the piano.“
— Li Yundi Chinese pianist 1982
telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/10863146/Lang-Lang-Weve-never-met.html
„I started writing hits the day I sold my piano.“
— Michael Cretu musician 1957
As quoted by Lazae Laspina , in Contemporary Musicians Vol. 14 (May 1995).
