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There is nothing remarkable about it; all one has to do is to hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

(1685 – 1750) German composer & musician

It's a bunch of guys all playing different songs at the same time.

(1968 – ) American actor & comedian

Director: The one who always faces the music.

I liked your opera… I think I will set it to music.

(1770 – 1827) German composer & pianist

Xylophone: Small toy musical instrument often given as gifts to children who show their appreciation by playing the stupid thing constantly, over and over, all day long; see also "drums."

Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

Anonymous: Is Ringo the best drummer in the world?

Lennon: He’s not even the best drummer in the band.

(1940 – 1980) English rock musician, singer & songwriter

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

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

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Tonight I’m going to listen with my ears.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

Get up from that piano; you hurtin' its feelings.

(1885 – 1945) American ragtime pianist, bandleader & composer

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

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

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

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

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

It's bad when they don't perform your operas – but when they do, it's far worse.

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

I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.

(1928 – 2008) American singer, songwriter & rock and roll pioneer

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

(1926 – 1984) English 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 people who gave us golf and called it a game are the same people who gave us bag pipes and called it music.

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

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist