#piano

My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around. ↗

— Louis Prima

#band #because #brother #followed #his

Man, after all my grandma put into me learning the piano, that was a hard day, telling her I was telling jokes for a living. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

#day #grandma #hard #hard day #her

I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion. ↗

— Lucas Grabeel

#african #drums #guitar #harmonica #i

My end goal in the piano is to play Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag.' ↗

— Miranda Leek

#goal #joplin #leaf #maple #piano

I played piano, I learned a lot about music. ↗

— Maximilian Schell

#i #learned #lot #music #piano

Pianos, unlike people, sing when you give them your every growl. They know how to dive into the pit of your stomach and harmonize with your roars when you’ve split yourself open. And when they see you, guts shining, brain pulsing, heart right there exposed in a rhythm that beats need need, need need, need need, pianos do not run. And so she plays. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#piano #pianos #love

As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from one end of the keyboard to the other without a stop. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#keyboard #love #madame-bovary #music #piano

I would be happy at a piano bar, singing. I just want to home in on being the best singer I can be. ↗

— Debby Boone

#be happy #being #being the best #best #happy

Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#house #i #many #pianos #plus

Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing. ↗

— Cy Coleman

#behind #could #get #got #huge