#piano

Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#bass #closer #eliminating #i #means

I am so happy that I didn't go to school and I didn't have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly. ↗

— Yanni

#anyone #correctly #fingers #go #happy

I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar. ↗

— Suzi Quatro

#classical #guitar #i #percussion #piano

Guitar is great for a certain thing, but a piano is so much more expansive. ↗

— Mick Ralphs

#expansive #great #guitar #more #much

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice. ↗

— Placido Domingo

#half #hum #i #i can #personal

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood. ↗

— Billy Joel

#because #books #boxing #drawn #got

I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano. ↗

— Elton John

#comes #i #i am #i can #making

When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis. ↗

— Elton John

#fabulous #gift #had #instrument #jerry

Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#dinner #dinner parties #go #i #i write

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#always #appearance #especially #good #guest