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Piano Playing Quotes (page 3)

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. Oscar Wilde
My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early '70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it. Harry Connick, Jr.
John C. Hawkes quote: "My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of..."
My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano. John C. Hawkes
Kiana Tom quote: "I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly..."
I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart. Kiana Tom
A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by. Barry Mann
Jackson Browne quote: "I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it."
I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it. Jackson Browne
Leo Kottke quote: "I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to..."
I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano. Leo Kottke
If you play the very subtle jazz tunes with acoustic pianos, acoustic bass and it's a dead standard, you are going to play very differently. It depends on the music. Lee Ritenour
Kevin Richardson quote: "I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear."
I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear. Kevin Richardson
The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified. Jeremy Renner
My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had learned but I was too busy getting into trouble! Etta James
Joanna Newsom quote: "I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't..."
I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great. Joanna Newsom
When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing. Roy Ayers
Joan Didion quote: "Grammar is a piano I play by ear."
Grammar is a piano I play by ear. Joan Didion
Ah'll clean 'em, you fry 'em and let's eat,' he said with the assurance of not being refused. They went out into the kitchen and fixed up the hot fish and corn muffins and ate. Then Tea Cake went to the piano without so much as asking and began playing blues and singing, and throwing grins over his shoulder. The sounds lulled Janie to soft slumber and she woke up with Tea Cake combing her hair and scratching the dandruff from her scalp. It made her more comfortable and drowsy. Zora Neale Hurston

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