#pianist

My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist. ↗

— John E. Walker

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I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player. People think I think I'm good. I think I'm a very poor piano player. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

#basically #be the first #cocktail #first #good

At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary. ↗

— Billy Joel

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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

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

— Vidal Sassoon

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My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#badly #bassist #brother #cello #double

My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist. ↗

— Bernie Worrell

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

— Artur Schnabel

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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

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