Subject: Entertainment » Music (Page 3)

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

I have no problem not listening to The Temptations.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

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

The problem with women in an orchestra is that if they’re attractive it will upset my players and if they’re not it will upset me.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

Generally, he had a good ear; he didn't know the notes that well, but he played in their general vicinity.

(1934 – ) daughter of Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone

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

I know two kinds of audiences only – one coughing, and one not coughing.

(1882 – 1951) Austrian composer & pianist

All music is folk music; I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.

(1901 – 1971) American jazz trumpeter and singer

Brass bands are all very well in their place – outdoors and several miles away.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

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

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

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

I don’t like my music, but what is my opinion against that of millions of others.

(1904 – 1988) Austrian-American composer

Accordian: An instrument inharmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

The scratch on the record is through the song you like most.

I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist

I play the harmonica, but only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist

I hate music, especially when it's played.

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

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

(1810 – 1849) Polish composer & virtuoso pianist

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian