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

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

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

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

(1947 – 1979) American singer

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

When Jack Benny plays the violin, it sounds as if the strings are still in the cat.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

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.

The musician who invented Swing ought to.

Someone came too sooner.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

These go to 11.

(1948 – ) English-American screenwriter, musician, director & actor

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

I am thinking it right but beating it wrong.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right… he failed.

(1927 – 1989) author, essayist & environmentalist

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

What is a harp but an over-sized cheese-slicer with cultural pretensions?

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

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

Longfellow is to poetry what the barrel-organ is to music.

(1886 – 1963) literary critic, biographer & historian

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

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

If it wasn't for white people, who would play lead guitar?

(1954 – ) American actress & comedian

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

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

Harpist: A plucky musician.