Clarinet Quote by Victor Borge Download Open image “The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.” — Victor Borge ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Clarinet Cold Oboes Sound
The oboe's a horn made of wood. I'd play you a tune if I could, But the reeds are a pain, And the fingering's… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
The oboe is the most maddening thing of all time. I'm struggling to play something that my oboe teacher was doing when she was… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
And that unusual squawking sound is actually the mating call of the the rare...oh, it's just an oboe player. — Steve Irwin Copy Share Image
For forty years I have play the oboe, and still I never know what is coming out. It is a perpetual anxiety. But maybe… — Marcel Tabuteau Copy Share Image
I'm practicing the oboe. But I don't play. Just single notes, not an entire piece of music. — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
Clarinet n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments worse than a clarinet –… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know. — Acker Bilk Copy Share Image
That's the clarinet I used to use... but it's just a piece of wood, you know, with holes in it and they put these… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
One other hobby of mine has been playing the oboe but I have not kept this up after 1969. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
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… — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
“I'd like to thank my parents for making this night possible. And my children for making it necessary.” — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
That's why I've never thought of retiring because I do it all the time whether on the stage or off. I found that in… — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records. — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet or a… — Luc Ferrari Copy Share Image
Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet, drums, a… — Tennessee Ernie Ford Copy Share Image
My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case! — Eddie Condon Copy Share Image
I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and… — Samantha Barks Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since I was 9. I took harmony and counterpoint classes when I was studying the clarinet. So, I've been writing… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear… — Pete Fountain Copy Share Image
I'm not conditioned to be an entertainer. An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. The problem with that is… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington's band, but that's now impossible. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I had a great year with Bob Mintzer [at Laguardia School of Arts]. Bob is great. We could have just brought the clarinet or… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image