An elderly man lay sprawled across three entire seats at a concert. When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the old man, “Sorry sir, but you’re only allowed one seat.”
The old man didn’t budge.
The usher became more impatient.
“Sir, if you don’t get up from there I’m going to have to call the manager.”
Once again, the old man just muttered and did nothing.
The usher marched briskly back up the aisle, and in a moment he returned with the manager. Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move the old dishevelled man, but with no success.
Finally they summoned the police.
The responding officer surveyed the situation briefly then asked, “All right buddy, what’s your name?”
“Fred,” the old man moaned.
“Where you from, Fred?” asked the police officer.
With a terrible strain in his voice, and without moving, Fred replied, “The balcony...”
Jazz is democracy in music. - Wynton Marsalis
He has Van Gogh's ear for music. - Billy Wilder
Kind words are the music of the world. - F.W. Faber
Rock and roll: music for the neck downwards. - Keith Richards
In rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur. - Belinda Carlisle
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. - Thomas Carlyle
I like your opera. I think I will set it to music. - Ludwig van Beethoven
You can't touch music, but music can touch you. - Mordecai
My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence. - Dido Armstrong
Making music should not be left to the professionals. - Michelle Shocked
Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. - Charles Baudelaire
After Rossini dies, who will there be to promote his music? - Richard Wagner
Classical music is music written by famous dead foreigners. - Arlene Heath
Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell. - W H Auden
Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one. - Duke Ellington
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail. - Luciano Pavarotti
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. - Bob Marley
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it. - H.E. Luccock
Tragedy: a busload of lawyers going over a cliff with an empty seat. - Unknown
You can run out of garlic, but you can't really run out of music. - Jace Wayland
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song. - Louis Armstrong
My metabolism stinks. I can gain weight just listening to dinner music. - Ron Dentinger
The power of music feels like taking a a nice brake from this busy world. - Millie DeWitt
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. - John Erskine
Each soul is tuned to a different pitch. Music is about harmonizing the soul. - Wu-Tang Clan
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. - Joseph Addison
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people. - Abraham Lincoln
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. - Frank Capra
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. - Victor Hugo
Great music is as much about the space between the notes as it is about the notes themselves. - Sting
A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart. - Paul McCartney
I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that. - Van Morrison
In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. - Billy Corgan
I'll see you at the opera tonight. I'll hold your seat till you get there. After that, you're on your own. - Groucho Marx
Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. - Charlie Parker
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. - Frank Zappa
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes. - Sir Thomas Beecham
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. - Franz Liszt
I've seen whales calving in the waters off Maui, and I've watched my children being born. But music is the most beautiful thing of all. - Steven Tyler
He has Van Gogh's ear for music. - Billy Wilder
Kind words are the music of the world. - F.W. Faber
Rock and roll: music for the neck downwards. - Keith Richards
In rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur. - Belinda Carlisle
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. - Thomas Carlyle
I like your opera. I think I will set it to music. - Ludwig van Beethoven
You can't touch music, but music can touch you. - Mordecai
My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence. - Dido Armstrong
Making music should not be left to the professionals. - Michelle Shocked
Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. - Charles Baudelaire
After Rossini dies, who will there be to promote his music? - Richard Wagner
Classical music is music written by famous dead foreigners. - Arlene Heath
Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell. - W H Auden
Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one. - Duke Ellington
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail. - Luciano Pavarotti
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. - Bob Marley
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it. - H.E. Luccock
Tragedy: a busload of lawyers going over a cliff with an empty seat. - Unknown
You can run out of garlic, but you can't really run out of music. - Jace Wayland
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song. - Louis Armstrong
My metabolism stinks. I can gain weight just listening to dinner music. - Ron Dentinger
The power of music feels like taking a a nice brake from this busy world. - Millie DeWitt
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. - John Erskine
Each soul is tuned to a different pitch. Music is about harmonizing the soul. - Wu-Tang Clan
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below. - Joseph Addison
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people. - Abraham Lincoln
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. - Frank Capra
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. - Victor Hugo
Great music is as much about the space between the notes as it is about the notes themselves. - Sting
A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart. - Paul McCartney
I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that. - Van Morrison
In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. - Billy Corgan
I'll see you at the opera tonight. I'll hold your seat till you get there. After that, you're on your own. - Groucho Marx
Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. - Charlie Parker
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. - Frank Zappa
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes. - Sir Thomas Beecham
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. - Franz Liszt
I've seen whales calving in the waters off Maui, and I've watched my children being born. But music is the most beautiful thing of all. - Steven Tyler
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