An Ambitious And Aggressive Mother Conned Pianist Arthur Rubinstein Into Listening To Her 10-year-old Son Murder A Nocturne By Chopin.

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An ambitious and aggressive mother conned pianist Arthur Rubinstein into
listening to her 10-year-old son murder a nocturne by Chopin. At the
conclusion of the massacre, Rubinstein announced, "Madam, that is
undoubtedly the worst piano playing I ever heard." Whereupon the mother
nodded happily and told her son, "You see, stupid? Now will you give up
those expensive piano lessons and try out for the Little League baseball
team?
-- Art Buchwald

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