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It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it's to me the greatest instrument. I shouldn't say that, but I believe that this is the only instrument I can really feel happy about playing.

I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.

I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.

The piano is kind of my second instrument.

Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.

If you play the guitar, you've got to hold the chords down with one hand while you play with the other, so you're limited to one hand. But the piano is the king of instruments because you have your 10 fingers, which become the 10 members of the orchestra.

And I definitely have an affinity with the piano.

I'm not really a pianist.

It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing.