Zeena Parkins Quotes

I was a dancer. I was really seriously into dancing.

The harp was so much more gestural and physical for me than the piano – something about bringing this instrument into your body.

I applied, and I got in as a pianist. Their idea in the music department was that pianists, if they were good enough to get in, they were good enough to learn a new instrument. They felt sorry for pianists being alone in the practice room all the time, and they really wanted to socialize us pianists.