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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.

Victor Borge

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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
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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that.
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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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I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get out of you on an elevator?
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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
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How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.
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They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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When I was a little boy and played Liebestraum, my father used to hit me on the head with a newspaper every time I slopped the cadenza . . . I hate Liebestraum.
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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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