[Dixielandjazz] Quote of the day

[John Farrell]

Re this seemingly incomprehensible utterance attributed to Steve Martin (who
late in life became a doctor who made boots for juvenile delinquents) :

"Talking about music is like dancing about architecture."

With great humility I believe that I have solved the mystery - if the words
of the quote are juggled a little this emerges :

"Music is about talking architecture dancing about, like."

Voila ! and what is more - Eureka !! It makes even less sense than the
original !!!!

(I would have put this on the list but having only recently recovered from a
Ringwald slap on the wrist for posting OKOM-free messages my courage failed
me.)

John Farrell
http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Durham" <mikedurham_jazz at hotmail.com>
To: <pj.ladd at btopenworld.com>; <stridepiano at tesco.net>

Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Quote of the day


> "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle"
>
> This looks like a misquote to me.
>
> Who the hell is Martina Navratilova?
>
> Mike D.
>
> >From: "PJ Ladd" <pj.ladd at btopenworld.com>
> >To: "John Farrell" <stridepiano at tesco.net>
> >CC: jazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Quote of the day
> >Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:31:23 -0000
> >
> >"Talking about music is like dancing about architecture."
> >  -- Steve Martin
> >
> >Hi John,
> >This looks to me like  a misquote anyway. It just makes no sense.
> >
> >Who the hell is Steve Martin.?
> >
> >While looking through my book of quotations I came across the following
by
> >Beachcomber.
> >
> >``Wagner is the Puccini of music`` This doesn`t make any sense either but
> >it
> >made me laugh just reading it. Why should that be?
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Pat
> >
> >
> >
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