Subject: Entertainment » Music (Page 3)

Australia's gift to insomniacs; it's nothing but the blonde singing the bland.

(1947 – 1979) American singer

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

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments – the very lower bowel of music.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

He should take the horse hairs out of his bow and return them to the tail of the horse.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

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

comedian

I played a blank tape on full volume; the mime who lives next door complained.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Jack Benny would end his act by playing a tune on his violin, so naturally he got a big cheer when he finished.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Berlioz composes by splashing his pen over the manuscript and leaving the issue to chance.

(1810 – 1849) Polish composer & virtuoso pianist

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

(1889 – 1974) American intellectual, writer, reporter & political commentator

U2’s lawyers work pro bono.

Jewish-American stand-up comedian & writer

Over a fifteen-year period Jack raised almost $6,000,000 for the benefit of classical music; of course, a lot of people claimed that that was his way of paying for the damage he'd caused it.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

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

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

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

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

Charles Farrar Browne (1834 – 1867) humorist

I practice when I’m loaded.

(1925 – 1985) American jazz saxophonist

Fortissimo at last!

(1860 – 1911) Austrian composer

A composer for one right hand.

(1813 – 1883) German composer, conductor, theatre director & essayist

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to The William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

(1931 – ) television newscaster

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

Classical Jazz: Rock of ages.