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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.

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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
Johann
Sebastian
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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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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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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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Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
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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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There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.
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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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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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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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In my dreams of Heaven, I always see the great Masters gathered in a huge hall in which they all reside. Only Mozart has his own suite.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
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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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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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