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"I couldn't listen to music with lyrics for the first few months after the brain surgery, because they were too complex and disturbing. So I listened to a lot of classical music. I didn't really want to read, either, so I listened to books on tape or watched movies. I also re-taught myself all of my childhood piano pieces. It helped me repair my brain."
"[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band, you know. But Monk would just sit there like this. And all of a sudden there'd be a pause from all the trumpets and everything and Monk would go 'plink!' like that. And everybody would go 'Yeah!"
"I play a bunch of instruments, like piano, drums, guitar and bass. And the kazoo every now and then. I'm trying to learn how to play the trumpet and the saxophone. That's what I'm learning how to play."
"I love her. My piano. play the sh*t outta her."
"I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent."
"Everything that I do I hear and then I go with my hands, and since I use my hands for both piano and guitar that is kind of hands-on."
"If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet."
"A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano."
"Some play the piano well and some badly and there is a great difference in the melodies they produce."
"A lot of people can play the piano, but not everyone can be Billy Joel."
"The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!"
"My parents had a love for music. There were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played piano, my father sang, and we were always surrounded in music."
"When I was younger, playing piano and guitar were all things that I wanted to do for a short period of time, like any kid."
"I started piano lessons when I was four; I was being classically trained at the Colburn School."
"I didn't start playing piano until I was 18."
"As I got older though I wanted a life of my own. The classical training was very demanding and thorough. It was a very sheltered existence. Even though I heard blues and gospel on the radio sometimes, it was always back to the piano and study and give recitals."
"By the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that didn't work out. I graduated from high school and my formal education ended."
"I was reared in the church from the age of three. I've played piano since I was three. I performed at revivals and for my people around North Carolina for several years. People around town collected money to send me to school."
"The piano bar is the gateway to the halls of masturbation."
"I've paid for more pianos in hotel lobbies than you can imagine."
