Subject: Entertainment » Music (Page 9)

It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party.

(1957 – ) English novelist, essayist & screenwriter

I want to be a diva… like people-totally-respect-my-music diva, not diva like carry-my-Diet-Coke-around.

(1980 – ) American singer

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

(1947 – 1979) American singer

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

Accordion: An instrument whose music is long drawn out.

I can't get a relationship to last longer than it takes to make copies of their tapes.

stand-up comedian, actor, writer & producer

Why do you always insist on playing while I’m trying to conduct?

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.

(1926 – 1984) English comedian

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

(1944 – ) English actor, musician & comic writer

You leave white people alone in constant isolation for thousands of years, you know what their musical contribution is going to be?… Riverdance.

(1959 – ) American actor, stand-up comedian & television host

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

A piano store looks like a funeral parlor for music.

(1888 – 1963) Spanish writer & dramatist

Elwood: Eh… what kind of music do you usually have here?

Claire: Oh, we got both kinds. We got country and western.

(1941 – ) American actress