#pia

And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#grand #hard #i #i think #keyboard

Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary. ↗

— Anton Rubinstein

#composer #composers #me #pianist #pianists

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world. ↗

— David Rudisha

#athlete #because #become #being #brought

Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#artistic #basically #bent #coast #culture

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best. ↗

— Joe Sakic

#being #benefit #best #competition #olympian

There's individual turntable setups devoted to piano, bass, drums and a set for soloing as well. We like to try and explore the gamut of what a turntable can do. ↗

— Eric San

#devoted #drums #explore #gamut #individual

'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#could #i #movie #over #pianist