I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood. – Billy Joel
A guitar riff played on a piano doesn’t come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by. – Barry Mann
Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts. – Bill Gates
I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA. – Alicia Witt
I normally write on acoustic guitar, although piano is the instrument that I actually studied. Occasionally, I’ll write on the piano or sometimes with no instrument at all. – Adam Schlesinger
I write at the piano, so I write things that fit comfortably under my hands, and I’m not thinking in terms of any specific compositional methods. I’m just seeking sounds. – Esperanza Spalding
I love playing the piano. I have one in my apartment, and I learnt by ear. I sing a lot of Coldplay, but do my own stuff too. – Christopher Egan
I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer. – Chirlane McCray
I saw the film ‘Amadeus’ from when I was five, which made me want to take piano lessons. – Mark Salling
There’s individual turntable setups devoted to piano, bass, drums and a set for soloing as well. We like to try and explore the gamut of what a turntable can do. – Eric San
I wasn’t even a theater kid in high school. I studied classical piano, and I ran track. – Condola Rashad
And I’ve played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band. – Caroline Corr
There’s always been a piano around the house, and I’ve grown up around it. It’s a massive part of my life and always has been. – Ella Henderson
All my momma’s people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano. – Dolly Parton
Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing. – Cy Coleman