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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
Mother
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Knee
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Piano
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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
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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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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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