It’s funny: I’m a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it’s been a solitary thing. – Gary Oldman
Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music – not to mention his piano and violin concerti. – Neville Marriner
I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park. – Mike Shinoda
I’m an interpreter of stories. When I perform it’s like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories. – Nat King Cole
I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can’t keep playing the piano, so I just record it into the software. – Nadia Ali
I’ve written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played. – Mick Taylor
My mom, grandma, great-grandma – we’re all named Mary, and we all play piano and sing. – Mary Lambert
I started piano lessons when I was four; I was being classically trained at the Colburn School. – Jacqueline Emerson
I can play piano, and I write everything on piano, but I don’t really feel like a piano player, necessarily. – Lia Ices
Well, first I studied piano. I wasn’t very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb… and repressive. – Luc Ferrari
I can play the piano. I started off with lessons, and then, as we always had a piano in the house, I would play around and became quite good. – Louise Nurding
My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music – Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. – Kate Bush
I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere. – Keith Richards
I identify more as a musician than as a singer, because I play piano and percussion, and I engineer and produce everything that I do. – Janina Gavankar
A lot of producers don’t have any musical education. I couldn’t make the music I make without playing the piano. – Kygo
For Ripley I learned to play some songs on the piano, and I never really played them again. – Matt Damon
I get twitchy if I don’t pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then… I have to do it; I don’t have a choice. – Julian Lennon
My house was filled with music. We had a piano, and my brothers and sisters played instruments. Even though I was around it, I played basketball. – Michael Franti
I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who’d been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre. – Kevin Kline
My upbringing was definitely piano lessons and homework, just as much as the next Asian kid. – Kelvin Yu
To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert – that feels really good. – Kygo
My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs. – Joan Armatrading