I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.

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.

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.

(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?

...the elephant smoked too much.

I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.

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