I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar.
I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals.
I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano.
I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.
Guitar is great for a certain thing, but a piano is so much more expansive.
For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.
God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.
I play piano every day. I enjoy that.
Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing.
What resonates with me now is the acoustic guitar and piano.
Every time I see a piano, I have this urge to play it.
Stewart: [to Ada] Can you hear me?
I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.
Schumann's 'Quintet in E flat for Piano and Strings' is one of the sublime moments in Romantic music.
I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill it, this instrument, with the breath of life, his own. He has to make it do what he wants it to do. And a piano is just a piano. ...
Lights," I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with freedom.
Because I tried to everything possible to become the best player in the world? Do I believe steroids and growth hormones helped me achieve that? Yes. Were there a lot of other players doing it that I had to compete against? Yes.
I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.
My ultimate goal is to be the best player in the world. If I'm the best player in the world, I'll be the face of American golf. It will come with the territory. That's where I want to be. If I want to be there, I have a lot of guys I have to beat out...
But when you get into a situation where you can acquire a proven leader, a proven quality player, an unselfish player, a guy who taken a team to the Super Bowl, I think you do it.
