Geoff Downes Quotes

But I find that the keyboard is the complete instrument you know?

The piano is the instrument I can play the most.

I feel like piano is my main instrument. I'm most comfortable on the piano.

A piano in the house, when I came home from school and was able to play all these different notes with all theses different sounds, I really found that fascinating.

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

The pedal is the soul of the piano.

When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

I remember when I was little, my mom asked me, 'Would you like to play the violin or the piano?' I looked at that giant monster and said to myself - I am not going to lock myself on that bench the whole day. This is small and lightweight. I can play from standing, sitting or walking.

Piano is like drudgery.

There's always been a piano around the house, and I've grown up around it. It's a massive part of my life and always has been.

I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano from a very small age.

I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards.

There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to the acoustic.

I love playing the piano. I have one in my apartment, and I learnt by ear. I sing a lot of Coldplay, but do my own stuff too.

I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.

I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For me, the guitar has always been the instrument that I've played. I play a little piano. I taught myself everything by ear. I don't read music at all, which has not really been a hindrance.

What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.

I've played guitar and piano for a while, so it's really fun to play music on film.

Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1) guitar is a much more expressive instrument, (2) way more girls pay attention to guitar players than to drummers.

I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano.

And I definitely have an affinity with the piano.

You treat the air as a canvas and the paint is the chords that come through your fingers, out of the keyboard.

I love the sound and temperament of an upright piano.

My dad played a little bit of piano and guitar, but not that professionally. I saw him play, and I said, 'I want to play. I want to try this instrument.'