“What has to happen is that you develop a comprehensive technique and then say, forget that. I’m just going to be expressive through the piano.†—Bill Evans
“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.†—Frederic Chopin
“To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.†—Cecil Taylor
“There’s nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.†—Johann Sebastian Bach
“The piano ain’t got no wrong notes.†—Thelonious Monk