9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for February 17, 2005
Transcript:
"When you're a piano accompanist, you're always on call today's patient in a string player... ... But what kind?" "Violinsts are paranoid Buccabeers with knives... Violist are frowsy, silent movie stars with wilted roses clenched in their teeth. ... Cellists are oversized kittens with cigars clenched in their teeth." "All of them with egos as big and incendiary as the Hindenberg." "Except for the breath factor, I tend to opt for those kittens."