Robert Emms Quotes

I'm a kid for a living: I get to play the piano for a living.

I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on.

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA.

My dream job is being a pianist

I always knew I wanted to be a performer. I started playing when I was in third grade, but I wasn't very good at all.

I've been playing live since I was in sixth grade.

When I started out, all I did was play my trombone.

I started playing with a group of young people when I was 13. I turned professional when I was 15 and I played dance halls, this on bass guitar.

When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany.

Playin' bass runs and singin' lead vox, is sometimes difficult, but I have three words for you: Practice, practice, practice!

I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.

I have no nerves at all about singing or playing stuff... and if I can have a cup of tea nearby, then I'm very much at home.

My oldest daughter is a pianist; she plays concerts. We play together, also.

When I was just coming up, I always wanted to be able to perform to a large crowd with a symphony.

I have my dream job. I get paid to make music.

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

I never thought a career as a musician was possible.

I just do what I gotta do and try to show people I can write some funny lyrics and play piano, and hopefully that'll make them dig further. I really believe in my form. That's why I haven't done a lot of telly, and I'm not a regular on any panel shows, and I'm not in a sitcom or all those things.

Solomon was a musician and David was a musician, so it's a profession that I take seriously.

I play piano, but not well enough to play professionally.

My first couple shows, I figured I should be playing the guitar and singing. That felt weird, but I got good at it pretty quick, and I learned my songs and how to play them.

There's no feeling like performing. It's magical, it's so rewarding, and it just feeds this special little part of your soul.

I didn't really get sidetracked into being a singer. It was just something I started to do for fun in school, like singing the national anthem.

It's funny how concert dreams are such a recurring thing among musicians. It's like how everyone has that dream of their teeth falling out? Except musicians have this dream of just standing onstage and there being all these people out there, and for some reason, the song isn't starting.