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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
Sebastian
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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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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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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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They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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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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(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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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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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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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
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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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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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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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Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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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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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.
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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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