#pia

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world. ↗

— David Rudisha

#athlete #because #become #being #brought

Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#artistic #basically #bent #coast #culture

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best. ↗

— Joe Sakic

#being #benefit #best #competition #olympian

There's individual turntable setups devoted to piano, bass, drums and a set for soloing as well. We like to try and explore the gamut of what a turntable can do. ↗

— Eric San

#devoted #drums #explore #gamut #individual

'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#could #i #movie #over #pianist

What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn't matter. That one person you touch may change the nation - could be the Billy Graham of Ethiopia. ↗

— Michael Scott

#billy graham #change #could #ethiopia #graham

I don't let the children watch TV on weeknights. They practice playing musical instruments instead. Both my sons play piano, drums and guitar, so my husband and I listen to them in the evening. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#children #drums #evening #guitar #husband

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#badly #bassist #brother #cello #double

I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of weeks off, you're likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do. ↗

— George Shearing

#avoid #awful #being #couple #giving

The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement from a Mozart concerto. ↗

— George Shearing

#few #first #i #movement #mozart