#piano

Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that compositional gift, that melodic gift. By the time he was four, he was doing piano concertos with harmony in the background. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#background #became #by the time #compositional #doing

In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#concerto #developed #higher #i #much

I play piano every day. I enjoy that. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#enjoy #every #every day #i #piano

I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#door #encouraging #front #get #him

I had been inspired by an organ player named Earl Grant, who played organ and piano together. My mom took me to see him. So I went home, put my piano and organ together, too. ↗

— Billy Preston

#earl #grant #had #him #home

The first time I met Ray, I was going to school around the corner from his house. One day, he was playing the piano. I eased up on the porch to listen to him. ↗

— Billy Preston

#corner #day #eased #first #first time

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#drawing #irish #irish people #lot #people

I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that. ↗

— John Tesh

#buy #every #full-time #grand #had

Girls are like pianos. When they're not upright, they're grand. ↗

— Benny Hill

#like #pianos #upright

The piano is a monster that screams when you touch its teeth. ↗

— Andres Segovia

#piano #screams #teeth #touch #you