Pianos Quotes

"Girls are like pianos. When they`re not upright, they`re grand."

"I thought, I`m not going to make one of them you know sort of clattery records like everybody else seems to be doing this period I`m going to make a record like something like I did twenty years ago. Just like a rock n` roll band making a record. We had real saxes and real guitars, real pianos, real drums, real people playing real songs." (On creating "Cloud Nine")

Pianos tend to get better as they age, the more you play them. They grow into their sound.

Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith and Mick. The rest of the band is sort of an embellishment to that.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they`re dykes, and they`re always good fun.

(Writing in 120 degree temperatures in the garage that became their rehearsal room provided a suitably intense hot-housing effect. And when they couldn`t get into the garage they`d use Ronnie`s spymaster knowledge to gain mid-night access to the facilities available at his University`s music school.) There was about 2000 sq ft of luxurious practice space complete with drum sets, marimbas, cymbals, pianos etc'¦ So, for about a month or two we lugged a Marshall to sing out of, a Deville to play the axe through, a Bassman for the keyboard, a bass cabinet for Mark and I used the UNLV pep drum band set, ... Though I`d like to make clear that no instruments were mistreated during this time as we are, and continue to be, respectful, professional and, last but not least, resourceful musicians.