Victor Borge

Victor Borge
Børge Rosenbaum, known professionally as Victor Borge, was a Danish and American comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the United States and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark," "The Unmelancholy Dane," and "The Great Dane."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth3 January 1909
CityCopenhagen, Denmark
CountryUnited States of America
Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people once a year
Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.
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.
I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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.
(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
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, humor is truth.
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 wonders why nobody loves him.
You may not be aware of this but Leonard Bernstein won another award, for explaining the music of Igor Stravinsky... to Igor Stravinsky!
Occasionally, a finger comes up to wipe a tear [of laughter] from the eye... and that's my reward... the rest goes to the government.
You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?