Quotes & Sayings About Steinway Piano

The situation in Greece just goes from bad to worse. We've now got a situation where there was the big suicide a few weeks ago, where a 77-year-old man shot himself in the head outside the Greek Parliament. That was the public face of what's gone wrong. — Nigel Farage

Steinway grand pianos are the best in the world. — Maurizio Pollini

It is a privilege and an honor to perform on Steinway pianos. — Diana Krall

In one of our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 pounds on an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony. — Theodore E. Steinway

The Steinway pianos of today are the finest I have ever played. — James Levine

Steinway is the only piano on which the pianist can do everything he wants. And everything he dreams. — Vladimir Ashkenazy

I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship. — Billy Joel

You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano? — Malcolm Gladwell

The only candidate I'd allow to play my music would be Bigfoot, and unless we're talking about foraging for squirrels, he's notoriously apolitical. — Greg Gutfeld

Strive always to improve the instrument. — Henry E. Steinway

One thing that is very different technically is that you don't get a lot of coverage in television. Not like you do on a film. I know we don't have time for separate set-ups, so I will design a scene where I'm hiding multiple cameras within that set-up. That way, if I don't have time to do five set-ups, I can do four cameras in one set-up. It's a different kind of approach for that. For the most part, a lot of television, in a visual sense, lacks time for the atmosphere and putting you in a place. — Len Wiseman

My friendship with the Steinway piano is one of the most important and beautiful things in my life. — Krystian Zimerman

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

I wish to thank Steinway for its wonderful pianos which I've been privileged to play in all my concerts. There is no piano like it in the world. — Evgeny Kissin

Only my loyal Steinway piano endures. Be it beaten or caressed, its gorgeous tone remains. — Roger Williams

We developed our own type of Igudesman and Joo electric violin, let's say, and funny enough, the shape of it was developed by the head technician of Steinway. It's actually an electric violin, which is made from the stick that holds up the piano lid. — Aleksey Igudesman

I want to make music. That means I prefer the Steinway piano. — Alfred Brendel

Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after. — Watchman Nee

I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on. — Michel Legrand

When I was a young actor, in my first apartment, the first thing I bought was a Steinway piano. There was no bed at first. I slept on the floor. — Maximilian Schell

Steinway is the finest piano ever made. Its tone is magnificent and its well-balanced action superb. — Billy Taylor

In essence, art lies embedded in the conceptual leap between pieces, not in the pieces themselves. And simply put, there's a greater conceptual jump from one work of art to the next than from one work of craft to the next. The net result is that art is less polished - but more innovative - than craft. The differences between five Steinway grand pianos - demonstrably works of consummate craftsmanship - are small compared to the differences between the five Beethoven Piano concerti you might perform on those instruments. A — David Bayles

The Steinway piano is the most harmonious implement for musical intention. It completes what is beautiful and artistic. — Yefim Bronfman

Jesus said to them, 'My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work'" (John 4:34). — Anonymous

When I was eight, nine years of age, my mother bought me a pair of green trousers - corduroy green trousers. I didn't like green, and I basically buried them underground. And my mother kept asking me, 'Where are your trousers?' I said, 'Oh, I don't know.' And from then on I stopped wearing green. — Brunello Cucinelli

I have owned and played a Steinway all my life. It's the best Beethoven piano. The best Chopin piano. And the best Ray Charles piano. I like it, too. — Randy Newman

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the people. — George Herbert

The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings. — Daniel Barenboim

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano. — Bob Hope

I have looked to the Steinway piano since I was three, not only as my ideal choice of an instrument. But, as a responsive and ever reliable friend. — Ahmad Jamal

What relationship could exist between the lives of the fools and healthy rabble who were well, who slept well, who performed the sexual act well, who had never felt the wings of death on their face every moment-what relationship could exist between them and one like me who has arrived at the end of his rope and who knows that he will pass away gradually and tragically? — Sadegh Hedayat