Grand Piano Quotes

I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.

I've always wanted to walk into a hotel, sit at a piano and play 'Piano Man.'

I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that.

I've paid for more pianos in hotel lobbies than you can imagine.

I grew up in rural Oregon in a log house with bark left on inside and out. We had no electricity, a massive stone fireplace, a grand piano, and tons of books.

I have a piano in my kitchen. I read a great biography about Tom Waits that said that he had a piano in his kitchen; he had a grand piano in his kitchen. And I thought, 'Well, if Tom Waits has one, then I must.'

I love the sound and temperament of an upright piano.

PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.

The Steinway piano - with its beauty and power - is the perfect medium for expressing the performer's art, drama and poetry.

I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.

When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard.

Having photographs around the house is fine - if they're royal and on the grand piano.

O my enormous piano, you are not like being outdoors

One of my dreams was always to have a piano - a room with a piano overlooking the ocean or a lake.

I have a Baldwin in my L.A. apartment, a Steinway in my New York apartment, and a Kawai plexiglass grand piano in storage for shows. I still play for two or three hours every day.

More pianos in hotel rooms please.

It wasn't until high school that I actually started writing. I was in a lot of the school plays and musicals, and there was a lot of down time during rehearsals. I would go into the orchestra pit and mess around on the grand piano.

I have a wonderful piano that I really love: a handmade Yamaha grand. Sometimes I'm sitting there, and it sounds so good that I find some little melody or a phrase that leads me into a song, but probably more often than not, I actually grab a notebook.

Last year, I finally got my own grand piano, and that was a big thing for me because it's always been and always will be a very important part of my life.

If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.

The piano has a huge dynamic range that almost no other instruments have. It can play very low, and it can play very high.