My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that I stayed at the piano all day long, and that saved my life.
"The more I live, the more I learn The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know" - Michel Legrand
"The more I live, the more I learn The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know"
- Michel Legrand
I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on. - Michel Legrand
I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on.
Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles t… - Michel Legrand
Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles t…
I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies. - Michel Legrand
I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies.
My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable… - Michel Legrand
My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable…
Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. - Michel Legrand
Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody.
I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly. - Michel Legrand
I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly.
So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and as… - Michel Legrand
So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and as…
To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me. - Michel Legrand
To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me.
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