Quotes about Playing Piano

I didn't start playing piano until I was 18. Votes: 2

I started playing piano when I was around four; thats my first passion. Votes: 2

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater. Votes: 2

When I was younger, playing piano and guitar were all things that I wanted to do for a short period of time, like any kid. Votes: 2

Once you've experienced the warmth of an audience, the achievement of getting your first laugh, and entertaining them, singing or playing piano, it just keeps it all going. Votes: 2

I used to play pianos in bars. You know in hotels, you'd see guys playing piano with a snifter? That was me, with a painted-on mustache. I was about 15. Votes: 2

I started playing piano; I picked up a ukulele, and I loved it and kept playing that. I play a bit of guitar, and some African drums from back in the day. Votes: 2

I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing. Votes: 2

I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock 'n' roll bands, country and jazz bands. I played in about any situation. Votes: 2

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and again he solaces himself by playing 'Abide with Me' in the hope of edifying both the clients and the inmates Votes: 2

There have always been people making music. On their porches, playing folk songs. Playing piano in quiet salons. You don't have to listen to every MySpace page, so what's the difference? It's just noise that you filter out. Votes: 2

Writing is like anything - baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails. The more you work on it, the better you get. But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails. Votes: 2

Everyone asks me if piano had helped me in football. I guess improvisation and creativity helps on the field, but that's a reach. The two skills are just so different. And, by the way, I get more nervous playing piano. Votes: 2

I've been playing piano my whole life, but I'd never tried to understand how compositions are made, really. Try to imagine if you'd loved paintings your whole life but had never painted one. My aspiration now is just to understand. Votes: 2

I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I was ballet dancing at four, playing piano by six, and doing commercials by 12. When I was 21, I was on the number one live comedy show in Puerto Rico. I told my parents, 'I'm going to New York to become a performer.' And I left. Votes: 2

Collaboration is just about finding people who are better than you at certain things and combining your powers. Like, if I'm not the strongest at playing piano, I'll work with someone who's really good at it and we'll combine both our brains to write a song. Votes: 2

They teach real young kids and when I was about five my Mom took me to enroll in this thing and they said I could do it. It was definitely my choice, but I would have never thought of it. There's pictures of me playing piano when I'm real, real little, that kind of stuff. Votes: 2

The music I listened to when I was a kid was Sonny Boy Williams and Pinetop Perkins. He was the one who had the most influence on my playing. I saw him through a window playing piano and I thought it was unbelievable somebody could move their fingers that fast. And this is how I got interested in piano. Votes: 2

Meditation takes discipline, just like learning how to play piano. If you want to learn how to play the piano, it takes more than a few minutes a day, once a while, here and there. If you really want to learn any important skill, whether it is playing piano or meditation, it grows with perseverance, patience, and systematic training. Votes: 2

My entire life, I've always known that I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know exactly how, where or when. I never learned or studied the craft, formally. I grew up doing martial arts and playing piano. But, something inside of me always said that I was going to do this, as far back as I can remember. Votes: 2

Because of Billy Joel, I've been playing piano since I was knee high. The house was always full of music, so of course he's influenced me, but I think I've also developed my own sound. He's also been really good about giving me advice, which I think has helped me really stay true to what I want to do musically. Votes: 2

I grew up playing classical piano and percussion. Votes: 0

I enjoy playing the audience like a piano. Votes: 0

I studied chord theory and started playing the piano. Votes: 0

Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing. Votes: 0

If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano. Votes: 0

Poetry translation is like playing a piano sonata on a trombone. Votes: 0

I liked the piano. I always liked playing. I just hated homework. Votes: 0

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. Votes: 0

I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing. Votes: 0

Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing. Votes: 0

I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear. Votes: 0

I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music. Votes: 0

I started playing piano when I was around four; that's my first passion. Votes: 0

To play your colors by eye is worse than playing the piano by ear. Votes: 0

I have these big piano-playing hands. I feel like I should be picking potatoes. Votes: 0

My mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff. Votes: 0

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano. Votes: 0

I have been playing the piano for my entire life - since I was three ... Votes: 0

Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember. Votes: 0

I've been playing since I was 5, but I wouldn't say that I'm serious about the piano. Votes: 0

I decided that playing piano was a little bit too common, you know what I mean? Votes: 0

I went straight in. Fade in, one... whatever. He's playing the piano in the radio station. Votes: 0

I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart." Votes: 0

I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart. Votes: 0

My activities tend to revolve around crossword puzzles, reading and playing piano and games with my friends. Votes: 0

I was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight. Votes: 0

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry. Votes: 0

Writing this book I am like a man playing the piano with lead balls attached to his knuckles. Votes: 0

My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery. Votes: 0

I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano. Votes: 0

I love playing the piano. I really want to start taking lessons but need to find the time. Votes: 0

In a way, there's nothing wrong with playing the piano, but it's not a huge trauma if you don't. Votes: 0

My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three. Votes: 0

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. Votes: 0

I give them the head, choke them, hit them in the balls.You'rehting, not playing the piano, you know Votes: 0

One encounters very capable fathers abashed by their piano-playing daughters. Three measures of Schumann make them red with embarrassment. Votes: 0

I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on. Votes: 0

I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too. Votes: 0

I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards. Votes: 0

I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth. Votes: 0

I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do! Votes: 0

I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park. Votes: 0

Making love without noise is like playing a muted piano-fine for practice, but you cheat yourself out of hearing the glorious results. Votes: 0

Once I started playing the piano, after my first small competition, I realized that the piano was the right instrument for me. Votes: 0

I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture! Votes: 0

Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings. Votes: 0

Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice. Votes: 0

I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five. Votes: 0

I started playing the piano from the age of three and I started teaching myself; we always had a piano round the house. Votes: 0

The piano by its black and white keys always attracted me, my father showed me how to use... and slowly I got into playing. Votes: 0

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time. Votes: 0

Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience. Votes: 0

Then I was playing the piano at eight, and that helps you learn about women because most of the people I was playing for were women. Votes: 0

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading. Votes: 0

I notice guys playing the piano playing a part up here and a part down there, and I wandered why couldn't I do that on the guitar? Votes: 0

I've been into music for a long time. I started playing drums when I was 8 and piano when I was 10, then bass and guitar when I was 18. Votes: 0

There are three different modes: playing piano, just me at the microphone, and me at my effects units. And I can mix those up in different ways. Votes: 0

Both of my mom's parents were music teachers, so I was hearing the fundamentals of playing the piano, what notes are, and all those things very early on. Votes: 0

I love playing the piano. I have one in my apartment, and I learnt by ear. I sing a lot of Coldplay, but do my own stuff too. Votes: 0

I'm not very good at playing piano, so I usually hit chords with my right hand. And those chords came, and I was just singing a little bit. Votes: 0

I'm quite proud of my piano playing. Robin's never played a note on the piano at our recording sessions. I just wish I could be appreciated musically now. Votes: 0

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. My mother is an Evangelist and I used to play the piano at her revival meetings. Votes: 0

The only instrument I know how to really play, and the instrument that I absolutely love, is the piano. I have been playing piano ever since I have been 9. Votes: 0

As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt's Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I enjoy playing non-piano music at the piano. Votes: 0

I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my taste was far greater than my ability. Votes: 0

I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a basic 12-bar blues song was very important. Votes: 0

That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer. Votes: 0

I love playing piano, too, but I don't sit around doing it all day. Part of that's because I don't have one in my house - I only have synths. Votes: 0

I just loved classical music, but I also loved playing rock guitar, and I loved playing piano, so it was a natural thing that those things would merge at some point. Votes: 0