#pianist

Well, no. I believe that it's not at all impossible that some of the performances that I've heard so far by some pianists may be superior to my own playing because those are two totally different acts altogether. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

#altogether #because #believe #different #far

My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#came #college #college degree #county #degree

But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#big #come #excited #having #her

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

— John E. Walker

#father #mason #pianist #stone #talented

The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day from the time I was born. ↗

— Benny Green

#almost #born #called #day #dream