Pianists Quotes

Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail and others the chance to succeed.

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.

I'm one of those pianists who tends to ignore every existing recording and lots of traditions about playing pieces when I start.

It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

Well, no. I believe that it's not at all impossible that some of the performances that I've heard so far by some pianists may be superior to my own playing because those are two totally different acts altogether.