Quote #108
Last night, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost. ~ New York Post Critic
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- His violin always plays off-key, but his humor is never off-color. ~ Ronald Reagan
- (when asked how well her father played the violin) Well, let me put it this way. He doesn't play as well as Jascha Heifetz - but then, who …
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- He is so anemic that if he stays out at night, he has to get a transfusion so his eyes will be bloodshot in the morning. ~ Fred Allen
- There was one especially memorable moment . . . when Jack began a very difficult passage from Mendelssohn's Concerto, everyone in the orche…