“I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.” FirstsPiecesPianoGrades Author:Abel Korzeniowski
“I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.” LittlesKidsPiecesStrangeLoudPianoLittle Kid Author:Lady Gaga
“I like to play the piano with lyrics as if it was a piece of love letter.” IfsPlayPiecesLettersPianoLove Letter Author:Yoochun
“I've always been a lover of classical music ever since I was an early teenager I suppose. I remember the very first piece of classical music that grabbed me was I bought an LP of Daniel Barenboim performing Mozart's piano concertos and I would have been about 14 or 15 at the time and I remember I played it over and over again.” FirstsHas BeensRememberPiecesLoversTeenagerPianoPerformingClassical Music Author:George Brandis
“My father urged Alan [Lomax] not to repeat the mistakes of the European folklorists who, a century ago, had collected these peasant songs and then arranged them for part choir and accompanied them on piano, and then told the young people of their country, "Don't change a note, this is our sacred heritage." Father said, whether it's a fiddle tune or a gospel song, learn it right off the record from the people who grew up with it. Don't just learn it from a piece of paper.” PeopleSaidCountryYoungSongFatherMistakeRecordsPiecesCenturyGrewPaperGrew UpSacredNotesPianoRepeatsTunesHeritagePeasantsDon't ChangeChoirFiddleGospel Songs Author:Pete Seeger
“The seven white notes on the piano - each section of the piece (there are 12 sections) is five of those seven white notes. If you calculate it, there are 21 groups of five notes in any group of seven notes. And although there are 12 sections, this piece actually uses nine of those groups because some of the sections repeat earlier ones. So that's the formula. It's very simple as a way of generating something. It's my inner minimalist.” IfsWayUseSimpleWhiteFivePiecesGroupsNotesSevenNinePianoRepeatsFormulasSectionsMinimalist Author:Brian Eno
“I like music that is really pure and honest. For me, acoustic music, like a piece played on the piano, is very personal.” PiecesHonestPurePianoAcousticsAcoustic Music Author:Shook
“I have a piano in my living room that I mess around on a little bit and when I asked Len if I could find a piece of music, I went through a **** load of classical music to find something that I felt had a certain urgency to it, but also with a hint of melancholia and maybe a sense of longing. I found that which is public domain and I had a piano teacher to go through it with me.” IfsLittlesCertainFoundFeltBitsRoomsTeacherPiecesLittle BitLongingMessPianoIf I CouldLoadDomainClassical MusicHintsUrgencyLiving RoomPublic DomainPiano Teachers Author:Colin Farrell
“The piano is just a different animal. It's expensive, it's big, it's heavy, and it doesn't fit in the mix easily. Everyone grew up with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible - it wasn't an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.” DifferentBigsAnimalRoomsClassPiecesGrewFitGrew UpHeavyPianoExpensiveFurnitureLiving RoomUpper ClassDifferent AnimalsRocking Out Author:Ben Folds
“My biggest problem about writing is whenever I write piano pieces, because I then have to learn to play them, which is sometimes not so easy.” WritingSometimesPlayProblemEasyPiecesPiano Author:Philip Glass
“I shift between mediums very frequently. Instead of taking a break from writing, I just write in a different medium or in a different way or for a different purpose, so that I don't actually stop writing - I just go to something else. Like going from a big symphony to a piano piece is great and very refreshing, I find. And then going from that to a big concerto, and then having to go out and play.” WayWritingDifferentPlayBigsPurposeBreakPiecesMediumsPianoDifferent WaysSymphonyRefreshingTaking A Break Author:Philip Glass
“I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.” WantRememberPiecesGoes OnLessonsMovedPianoPiano Lesson Author:Stephen Sondheim
“Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.” WritingPiecesApproachTraditionalPiano Author:Bill Bruford
“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.” WantFirstsBookBrainPiecesChildhoodTaughtMonthsComplexesPianoTapeSurgeryDisturbingListening To MusicClassical MusicBrain Surgery Author:Rosanne Cash
“The piano is really the featured instrument of a 10-piece chamber orchestra. The construction is the harmonic language.” LanguagePiecesInstrumentsPianoConstructionOrchestraChamber Author:Howard Shore