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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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That's why I've never thought of retiring because I do it all the time whether on the stage or off. I found that in a precarious situation, a smile is the shortest distance between people. When one needs to reach out for sympathy or a link with people, what better way is there?
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Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos.
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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him.
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?
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You may not be aware of this but Leonard Bernstein won another award, for explaining the music of Igor Stravinsky... to Igor Stravinsky!
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Always remember to forget the things that made you sad, but never forget to remember the things that made you glad.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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Many people have asked me why there are three pedals in these grand pianos. Well the pedal in the middle is there to separate the two other pedals.
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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians to stop playing it.
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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
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