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 a precarious situation, a smile is the shortest distance between people. When one needs to reach out for sympathy or a link with people, what better way is there?

It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians to stop playing it.

The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.

...the elephant smoked too much.

I do not have a single white note on my piano; my elephant smoked too much.

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.