SuiteQuotes
You can’t possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven’s Seventh and go slow. Oscar Levant (talking his way out of a speeding ticket)
Get up from that piano you’re hurtin’ it’s feelings. Jelly Roll Morton
You play Bach your way and I’ll play Bach his way. Wanda Landowska
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. Maya Angelou
People compose for many reasons: to become immortal; because the pianoforte happens to be open; because they want to become a millionaire; because of the praise of friends; because they have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes; for no reason whatsoever. Robert Schumann
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. Ambrose Bierce
I tried for a whole summer to teach our cat to play the piano. We started with an easy song. It was 3 Blind Mice. My dad said it didn’t work because the cat had a tin ear, but I think it was because she kept looking around for the blind mice the whole time & never gave it her full attention. Brian Andreas
That’s it, from now on I’m not looking forward to anything! Oh my god! Tomorrow there’s a two for one sale on piano benches. I can’t wait, ooh, ooh, ooh! Homer Simpson
I sit down to the piano regularly at nine-o’clock in the morning and Mesdames les Muses have learned to be on time for that rendezvous. Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something. Frank Zappa
Life can’t be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years. William F. Buckley, Jr.
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die. Paul Simon
A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens… if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly… to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it? Charles Ives
When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano. Bob Hope
Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. Michael Levine
Here’s a list of my favorite musical quote sites. Many of them offer searches so you can find other relevant quotes by composer, instrument, topic, etc. Enjoy!
