As a kid, I took piano lessons, and I didn’t like it. It wasn’t cool. I was into Duran Duran and rock music. I didn’t have any interest in piano. I did it for three years, and because of piano, I learned percussion. I learned scales. I learned how to sing. Piano gives you all of the basics of those things. Matt Skiba Read Quote
Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He’s a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz. Lee Konitz Read Quote
For my part, if the audience wanted to see Dracula again, I would be happy to reprise the role. It is an immortal character that can appear anywhere because it lies beyond time. Possibilities are endless. Luke Evans Read Quote
I tell you one you straight off in Scotland – Nick de Luca. I don’t see his name quoted, but I’ve played against Nick quite a lot and he is a good player – one of the trickiest centres I’ve played against. Brian O'Driscoll Read Quote
Yes, but the great thing about all the people – and I don’t think there is any exception – who I’ve worked with is they’ve all been very, very talented musicians. Joan Armatrading Read Quote
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times. Martha Graham Read Quote
In the Nordic countries, there are hardly any societal problems, but we writers are bloodthirsty people like anyone else, so we have to quench this thirst with literature. If you live in a mafia state with lots of violence on the streets, you tend to write beautiful poetry. Hallgrimur Helgason Read Quote
There’s one thing my dad taught me: don’t talk about politics, because you’ll never make anyone happy. Don’t even go for it. Noah Cyrus Read Quote