#pia

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#appearances #era #financial #former #get

A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can take good music and make it sound cheap. I can tell that some people have a bad taste, and unlike on the piano, they smear around a lot, that is bad taste. ↗

— Ruggiero Ricci

#bad #bad taste #cheap #decent #good

If you play the very subtle jazz tunes with acoustic pianos, acoustic bass and it's a dead standard, you are going to play very differently. It depends on the music. ↗

— Lee Ritenour

#bass #dead #depends #differently #going

As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano. ↗

— Boz Scaggs

#desmond #far #i #i love #instrumentalists

The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes ah, that is where the art resides. ↗

— Artur Schnabel

#art #better #between #handle #i

I don't think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, there is where the artistry lies!! ↗

— Artur Schnabel

#artistry #between #differently #handle #i

Why would Roman gods want to date Chinese Canadians? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#grandmother #heroes-of-olympus #humor #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #son-of-neptune

Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano. ↗

— Barbara Ann Scott

#discipline #edges #exercises #finger #just

All my musical foundations go back to the age of 3. My family tell me that I used to listen to the old crystal set, then go to the piano and pick out the tune that I just heard. ↗

— George Shearing

#back #crystal #family #foundations #go

When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well. ↗

— George Shearing

#chance #charlie #ella #get #had