Cy Coleman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I used to perform all the time but I haven't performed in New York in a very long time.
-- Cy Coleman

#New York #Long #Used
I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.
-- Cy Coleman

#Get Better #Lucky #Profession
Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.
-- Cy Coleman

#Piano #Left Behind #Apartment
When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx.
-- Cy Coleman

#Mother #Years #Four
Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.
-- Cy Coleman

#Song #Artist #Credit
I have a bunch of albums I would love to get re-released.
-- Cy Coleman

#Albums #Bunch
So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.
-- Cy Coleman

#Country #Clubs #Jazz
I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me!
-- Cy Coleman

#People #Teens #Concerts
My background was in performing originally.
-- Cy Coleman

#Performing #Backgrounds
To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.
-- Cy Coleman

#Musician #Term

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