#pianist

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day job and my spare time were sort of taken care of. ↗

— Amy Tan

#both #care #concert #concert pianist #day

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is doing, and then you play something that compliments that, so you are thinking simultaneously and thinking ahead. ↗

— David Amram

#bass #bass player #compliments #doing #drummer

Well, no. I believe that it's not at all impossible that some of the performances that I've heard so far by some pianists may be superior to my own playing because those are two totally different acts altogether. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

#altogether #because #believe #different #far

My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist. ↗

— Bernie Worrell

#concert pianist #me #mother #pianist #wanted

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

— Artur Schnabel

#art #better #between #handle #i

I don't think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, there is where the artistry lies!! ↗

— Artur Schnabel

#artistry #between #differently #handle #i

When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well. ↗

— George Shearing

#chance #charlie #ella #get #had

I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#also #changing #close #constantly #even

Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without suffering a case of 'Stagefright Sympathy Sickness'. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#concerts #entertainers #entertainment #funny #gifted-people

I know a flute player is technically called a "flautist," but something about it sounds a little sketchy, as does "pianist," so I will refrain. ↗

— Julie Halpern

#flautist #flute #geek #humor #music