Top Pianist Quotes
Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.
Nina Simone
My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist.
John E. Walker
To search for a pianist, it is very difficult; sometimes you find one.
Victoria de los Angeles
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
Billy Joel
I don't think I could have ever had a career as a pianist because I never ever wanted to play the notes the way they were written, I was too sloppy to learn them quite right.
Jerry Hunt
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Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.
Nina Simone 
64% of people like this quote
My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist.
John E. Walker
63% of people like this quote
To search for a pianist, it is very difficult; sometimes you find one.
Victoria de los Angeles
61% of people like this quote
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
Billy Joel
58% of people like this quote
I don't think I could have ever had a career as a pianist because I never ever wanted to play the notes the way they were written, I was too sloppy to learn them quite right.
Jerry Hunt
58% of people like this quote
I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.
Alan Hovhaness
56% of people like this quote
I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had.
David Hyde Pierce
54% of people like this quote
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Billy JoelSteve LacyFrank LangellaCarly SimonAmy TanJosh SilverVanessa CarltonKeith EmersonKurt MasurDavid AmramBenny GreenSkitch HendersonDavid Hyde PierceNina Simone
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