Piano Quotations

"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes—ah, that is where the art resides!" ~Artur Schnabel

"Count don't do nothin'. But it sure sounds good." ~One of Count Basie's band members on Basie's use of silence, spareness and playing the minimum amount of notes in his piano solos for the maximum emotional and rhythmic effect

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