"The Irish
gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen
the joke yet."
Oliver Herford.
"Most
rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't
talk for people who can't read."
Frank Zappa.
"Opera is
when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings."
Ed Gardner.
"I went
to watch Pavarotti once. He doesn't like it when you join in."
Mick Miller.
"I bought
an audio cleaning tape. I'm a big fan of theirs."
Kevin Gildea.
"People
are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it
used to be. That is what's wrong with it."
Noel Coward.
"Jerry
Lewis has been married twenty times. He gets married on a Tuesday, they
find his wife dead in a swimming pool on Thursday. Maybe if you married
someone who's old enough to swin next time, OK Jerry?"
Denis Leary.
"Opera in
English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian."
H.L. Mencken.
"I hate
music, especially when it's played."
Jimmy Durante.
"All
music if folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song."
Louis Armstrong. |
