#piano

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it's to me the greatest instrument. I shouldn't say that, but I believe that this is the only instrument I can really feel happy about playing. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

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I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#associate #automatically #billy #billy joel #guy

It was a very odd household, because the grandmothers were so different. Both of them had their own pianos. So it would be duelling pianos by grandmothers. ↗

— Diane Cilento

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I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories. ↗

— Nat King Cole

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I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive. ↗

— Judy Collins

#always #encouraged #father #great #had

Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas. ↗

— Roberta Flack

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I'm able to sometimes express things even more articulately on the piano than I am with singing. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

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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.

#anthem #attorney #back #campaign #dad

If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano. ↗

— Jerry Lee Lewis

#hell #i #piano #playing

I get nervous when they start shooting piano players. ↗

— Harry Nilsson

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