Subject: Entertainment » Music (Page 9)

If love was easy, there would be almost no music.

(1960 – ) American comedian

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

Imagine if you were a drummer, and you accidentally picked up two magic wands instead of sticks; there you are, keeping the beat, the next thing you know, your bass player turns into a can of soup.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Composers shouldn't think too much—it interferes with their plagiarism.

(1896 – 1983) American actor

After conducting a concert in a small town, I once received the following note from a farmer who had attended the performance: “Dear Sir, I wish to inform you that the man who played the long thing you pull in and out only did so during the brief periods you were looking at him.”

(1867 – 1957) Italian conductor

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

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

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

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

Never look at the trombones; you’ll only encourage them.

(1864 – 1949) German composer

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I don’t mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don’t understand.

(1892 – 1965) English physicist

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

The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

A piano store looks like a funeral parlor for music.

(1888 – 1963) Spanish writer & dramatist