Yamaha Quotes

• I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.

  Marian McPartland

  Steinway, Wells

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.

  Valentino Rossi

  Heart, Careers, Long

  Source: www.sportrider.com

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• Nobody seems to play Yamaha electrics, but it's the best guitar I own.

  Scott Putesky

  Guitar, Play, Seems

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• I think the Yamaha has a giant quality. When you combine the Yamaha with other organs, you get this crazy rectangular sound. It's kind of flat and thick.

  Victoria Legrand

  Crazy, Thinking, Quality

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I love Yamaha Clavinovas. I have them at home, in the studio and on tour with me. I find them ideal for all sorts of things: silent practice with headphones at home; writing; arranging and... just playing the blues!

  Jools Holland

  Home, Writing, Practice

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• I bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it.

  Nicolas Cage

  Crazy, Home, Hours

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• In 2009, I didn't like that Yamaha signed such a young and competitive teammate [Jorge Lorenzo]. But now everything is different. We are more mature. Everyone knows his role and position. Things are clear.

  Valentino Rossi

  Different, Roles, Teammate

  Source: www.throttlequest.com

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• Veggard Heggem, my word, he must have a Yamaha down his shorts.

  Terry Butcher

  Shorts

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• I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band.

  Levon Helm

  Nice, People, Band

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• I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.

  Valentino Rossi

  Sports, Team, Italian

  "Ferrari is the ultimate challenge for me" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2005.

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• In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement.

  Valentino Rossi

  Sports, Winter, Years

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Beautiful, Two, Piano

  "Zooey Deschanel Can Play the Ukulele". Interview with Mark Mikin, www.esquire.com. July 17, 2009.

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• Well, Amber [Heard] is still raising her eyebrow at me because I said that I've been 180 miles per hour on the 405 freeway on a motorcycle and she doesn't believe me but it's a true story. I did it coming home from work at 3 in the morning on another movie I made about cars called Gone in 60 Seconds. I bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it.

  Nicolas Cage

  Morning, Crazy, Believe

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• It was in Shizuoka, where my home was. I first attended this school when I was five years old. I also attended a regular elementary school, and I was taking piano lessons with a local teacher. I began to study composition at the Yamaha school. And I continued to study there until the age of 15.

  Hiromi

  Teacher, Home, School

  "The Energy Is One: An Interview With Hiromi Uehara". Interview with Wayne Zade, www.allaboutjazz.com. October 20, 2003.

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• I started when I was seven years old so I was on 50, 60 cc Suzuki and then I went up to a Yamaha 125 and then my sister was 16 and she was racing a Harley Davidson 750.

  Amy Weber

  Years, Racing, Seven

  "Becoming Pony Boi". Interview with Mike Furci, www.bullz-eye.com. December 12, 2008.

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