Occupation: Comedian Birth: January 3, 1909 Death: December 23, 2000
A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight..
I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary..
I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't..
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 ang….
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so..
Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, ….
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 wonder….
The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all..
He was happily married - but his wife wasn't..
Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice..
Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos..
I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it..
Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger..
What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm..
I do not have a single white note on my piano; my elephant smoked too much..
Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function..
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer..
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people..
Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year..
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 p….
In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say..