Subject: Entertainment » Music (Page 2)

A piano store looks like a funeral parlor for music.

(1888 – 1963) Spanish writer & dramatist

The museum boasted owning the original version of Beethoven's unfinished basement.

comedian

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

(1916 – 1994) American singer

I like Wagner’s music better than anybody’s; it is so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing what one says.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I like Wagner's music better than any other music; it is so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing what one says.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

If you're gonna blame teen sex on rock 'n' roll, why don't we just blame incest on country and western?

comedian

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can’t hear it.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

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

(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president

I told Zollie Volchok [Sonics general manager] we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.

American basketball player & coach

The secret of my piano playing is that I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.

(1882 – 1951) Austrian composer & pianist

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

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

(1966 – ) American film actor, producer & screenwriter

U2’s lawyers work pro bono.

Jewish-American stand-up comedian & writer

Composers shouldn't think too much—it interferes with their plagiarism.

(1896 – 1983) American actor

Fiddler: A violinist before he becomes the virtuoso.

If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn’t have to go to an osteopath, then there’s something wrong.

(1955 – ) English conductor

The vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Watch out where the huskies go, and don’t you eat that yellow snow.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

You might be a redneck if… the most serious loss from the earthquake was your Conway Twitty record collection.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I went to a record store and asked for 50 Cent; they kicked me out for pan-handling.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic