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I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score...

I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score and not with the piano reduction.

Quote by Placido Domingo

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford...

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.

Quote by Placido Domingo about voice

I had these ideas of interpretation that went way beyond...

I had these ideas of interpretation that went way beyond the standard Conservatoire limits. So I was at war with my piano teachers.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about limits, teachers, war

I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into...

I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about writing, people

So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet or a spring or a piano, but a sound with a form, a development, a life of its own.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about ideology, evolution, spring, use, life

Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied...

Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about teachers

With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's impossible.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about impossible

Some days I'm there on my own and Keith walks in and...

Some days I'm there on my own and Keith walks in and plays the bass on what I've written. Some days I play the piano on something he's written.

Quote by Mick Jagger about day

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I...

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.

Quote by Billy Joel about books

I was living in LA and trying to get out of a bad record...

I was living in LA and trying to get out of a bad record contract. I worked under an assumed name, the Piano Stylings of Bill Martin!

Quote by Billy Joel about name, bad luck, bad

Soccer, Dance, Basketball, Softball, Piano, ...

Soccer, Dance, Basketball, Softball, Piano, Girl(Boy)Scouts is always on the same day with less then 5 minutes between.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about dance, day

I'm very fond of piano players

I'm very fond of piano players

Quote by Michael Parkinson about music

It's a funny thing, but when people talk about jazz piano nowadays they seem to overlook Earl, and I don't know why, because he had perfect musical taste.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about humor, perfection, things, people

I saw the Rolling Stones around the office from time to...

I saw the Rolling Stones around the office from time to time. Mick Jagger asked me to teach him how to play the piano.

Quote by Alan Parsons about music, time

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like...

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.

Quote by Nat King Cole about music, fairy tales

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