#piano

Everybody told me this 'girl on the piano' thing was never going to work. ↗

— Tori Amos

#piano #music

Play always as if in the presence of a master. ↗

— Robert Schumann

#performing #piano #music

If, while at the piano, you attempt to form little melodies, that is very well; but if they come into your mind of themselves, when you are not practising, you may be still more pleased; for the internal organ of music is then roused in you. The fingers must do what the head desires; not the contrary. ↗

— Robert Schumann

#melody #music #piano #music

He lived in a dreamer's world of ivory keys and messy shirts, unconcerned with the people around him. ↗

— Claire Legrand

#keys #music #piano #music

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun. ↗

— Tori Amos

#female #fun #good #me #most

I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano. ↗

— Tori Amos

#first #half #i #piano #sat

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#american #american music #band #because #got

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

— Artur Schnabel

#piano #silence #art

I'm very fond of piano players. ↗

— Michael Parkinson

#i #piano #players #very

After the Second World War, I returned to California to study composition with Darius Milhaud, who wrote wonderful works like 'Le Boeuf sur le Toit' and 'La Cretion du Monde.' I especially enjoy his work for two pianos, 'Scaramouche.' ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#california #composition #enjoy #especially #his