Jay Sandifer

“The pianokeys are black and white
but they sound like a million colors in your mind”
― Maria Cristina Mena, The Collected Stories of Maria Cristina Mena

“When you play, never mind who listens to you.”
― Robert Schumann

“Play always as if in the presence of a master.”
― Robert Schumann

“Do you know what the essential problem of the piano is?” he asked. He held me so his head was a few inches from my own. His eyes darted back and forth. “It is impossible to play continuously on a piano string like a violin. The problem is to sustain a note.”
― Frederick Weisel, Teller