Funny Quotes from Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz, 2 February 1901- 10 December 1987, the greatest violinist ever. Here are some quotes from him.


"You may be ready for Beethoven,but Beethoven is not ready for you!"


" If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it."


  "I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons: first, to discourage the composer from writing anymore, and second, to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.



 "There is no top. There are always further heights to reach."


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Heifetz As I Knew Him

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Check out Jascha Heifetz great record. These are my favorite!

Funny quotes about music instruments

"Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune."
By Igor Stravinsky


"The piano is a monster that screams when you touch its teeth."
By Andre Segovia



“The sound of a harpsichord is like two skeletons copulating on a hot tin roof.”
By Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor



"Brass bands are very well in their place outdoors and several miles away"
By Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor



"It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. "
By J.S. Bach

Funny quotes from violinist and cellist(2)

"The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet."
By Yehudi Menuhin, Russian Violinist



"Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities."
By Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Violinist



"One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening."
By Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Violinist



“The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.”
By Pablo Casals, Spanist Cellist



“The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.”
By Pablo Casals, Spanist Cellist

Funny VDO : Jack Benny & Giselle Mackenzie

Gisele MacKenzie and Jack Benny

Funny quotes from violinist and cellist

“If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.”
By  Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist




"Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere."
By Pablo Casals, Spain Cellist



"For 37 years I've practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius."
By Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish Violinist



"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons: first, to disourage the composer from writing anymore, and second, to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."
By Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist

"There are more bad musicians than there is bad music."
By Isaac Stern

 "You paid for the whole bow, you will use the whole bow."

By Henry Meyer (LaSalle String Quartet)

 

"You may be ready for Beethoven,but Beethoven is not ready for you!" 

By Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist

Funny VDO : Jack Benny and Talia

Jack Benny and Talia

The name of song in this clip is composed by Franz Schubert, classical music composer.

12 year old Talia Marcus on the Jack Bennny Show 1960's