Subject: Entertainment » Music

These go to 11.

(1948 – ) English-American screenwriter, musician, director & actor

Even Bach comes down to the basic suck, blow, suck, suck, blow.

(1914 – 2001) musician, harmonica player

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for forty-five minutes.

(1900 – 1990) classical composer, teacher, writer & conductor

I don’t mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don’t understand.

(1892 – 1965) English physicist

I hate music, especially when it's played.

(1893 – 1980) American singer, pianist, comedian & actor

The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist

Oh say can you see, by the dawn’s early light. What so proudly we hailed. Of thee I sing.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

If he’d been making shell cases during the war it might have been better for music.

(1835 – 1921) French Late-Romantic composer, conductor & pianist

No… but I have trodden in some.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

I was doing some musical research, and I found out it was actually white people that came up with rap music… only, they call it square dancing.

(1951 – ) American comedian & writer

In China, the piano piece ‘Chopsticks’ is known as ‘Knife and Fork.’

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist

Liking both Marvin Gaye and Art Garfunkel is like supporting both the Israelis and the Palestinians.

(1966 – ) American film actor, producer & screenwriter

The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished learning them as when you start.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

Ladies and gentlemen, I've suffered for my music… now it's your turn.

(1944 – ) English actor, musician & comic writer

In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

(1892 – 1955) Swiss composer

When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.

(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president

Jack Benny played Mendelsson last night… Mendelsson lost.