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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
Comedian
Composer
Conductor
Pianist
Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
Moved
Three
Beethoven
Flats
Twice
Wrote

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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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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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One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.
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The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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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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Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.
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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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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
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Occasionally, a finger comes up to wipe a tear [of laughter] from the eye... and that's my reward... the rest goes to the government.
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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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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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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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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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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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